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HOw to make telnet work

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by komara69

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I like to telnet in and out from NT/XP/2000 to RH 8.0. but i dont can't get it to telnet. I look at the /etc/xinetd.d file there is no telnet in there. I check to make sure if telnet install here what it come out:[root@veasna root]# rpm -qa | grep telnet
telnet-0.17-23
[root@veasna root]# cd /etc/xinetd.d
[root@veasna xinetd.d]# ls
amanda daytime echo-udp ipop2 rsync sgi_fam vsftpd
chargen daytime-udp imap ipop3 servers time
chargen-udp echo imaps pop3s services time-udp
[root@veasna xinetd.d]#
Where do i go from here. HELP

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by alveden

You did not install telnet service. telnet-0.17-23 is a client package.

You need to find the package named telnet-server-0.17-23.rpm and install it. ( Just do a rpm -i ....)

You will need to enable the services by enabling it in the /etc/xinetd.d/telnet file and restarting the xinetd daemon.

by tg2

Agree with #2, better to use SSH than telnet, to *you* the user, it looks the same but its much more secure.

you can get BOTH the ssh server AND the ssh client software for free (ssh server for linux) and PUTTY for win.x boxes.

go to your favorite search engine type: putty ssh
look for the "official" homepage of putty.

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