> I have installed mandrake 8.2 on my machine and xinetd
> service is running fine. In the xinetd.d there was no
> telnet file but a file called telnet.rpmnew. I myself
> copied it under the name telnet and disable was = no
> in that file. Somehow I am not able to telnet on the
> linux box as whenever I try to telnet it gives the
> error :--
>
> Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
>
> However I am able to ftp onto the server
>
> When I give chkconfig --list command it gives the
> following output.
dump telnet and use ssh. Telnet is outdated and not a good idea for any kind
of remote usage. SSH works like telnet w/o any problems. You can get a free
SSH client for windows called Putty. There is no good reason to use a telnet
server on your computer nowadays. Telnet is a big security hole!
Ambar
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