you might not have installed telnetd . so inetd accepts the connection
but is unable to spawn telnetd. check var/log/messages
kapil sharma wrote:
>
> I have some strange problem with telnet server. On my online server
> whenever i try to telnet it connects to the server but do not show me
> login prompt. What can be the reason for this? The session is as follws:
>
> telnet foo.com
> Trying 192.168.1.10...
> Connected to foo.com.
> Escape character is '^]'.
>
> Please help!!!!!
>
> kapil
>
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