Re: [newbie] Telnet connection closed by foreign host

[Stephen F. Bosch]

Thomas Cattigan wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have been trying to set up my telnet connection.  I can ping my
> hostname and localhost.  However, when I try to telnet, using telnet
> localhost, I get the following message:
> connection closed by foreign host

1. Is telnetd installed?

2. Is the line referring to it in inet.d commented out?

-Stephen-