On Fri, April 9 1999, Oren Sarig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|How do I enable telnetting to my machine?
|
|If I try to telnet localhost or telnet to my ip, it sais "connection
|refused". It's probably some simple step I don't know how to do :)
This particular error message stems basically from not having a daemon
listen on that port. On 99% of the linux systems today that daemon
should be inetd/xinetd.
A couple of steps to take:
1. Verify with "netstat -ta" that there isn't any line with "*:telnet" on
it.
2. Check the inetd/xinetd config file (/etc/inetd.conf or /etc/xinetd.conf)
to see if the service is commented out or otherwise disabled.
Security comment - I'd strongly recommand installing ssl-telnet
instead of the standard telnet and enforce encrypted connection
(i.e. pass "-z secure" to in.telnetd). Plain telnet is too much of a
security hazard.
Cheers,
--Amos
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