When Eliezer Figueroa wrote, I replied: at a command prompt, enter:
dpkg --help | less to see the dpkg options for handling packages. One of those options is: dpkg -S|--search <pattern> ... find package(s) owning file(s) if you enter: # dpkg -S telnetd you'll see: telnetd: /usr/doc/telnetd/copyright telnetd: /usr/doc/telnetd telnetd: /usr/doc/telnetd/changelog.gz telnetd: /usr/doc/telnetd/changelog.Debian.gz which indicates that it's in the telnetd package. Then try: # dpkg --list telnetd Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-===============-==============-============================================ ii telnetd 0.12-4 The telnet server.-config/Half-installed HTH > > Is telnetd part of the of the official debian 2.0 CD'S because I failed > to find it? > > Is there a FIND command in dslect, in order to find a package by typing > it's name? > > Is telnetd part of any of the preselected packeged that debian recommend > just as you finished the instal process and before starting dselect? > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- ----------------------------------------- Ralph Winslow [EMAIL PROTECTED] The IQ of the group is that of the member whose IQ is lowest divided by the number of members.