Did you killall -HUP inetd ?
Did you install the telnet-server package?
On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> I have that line in my /etc/inetd.conf, but telnet doesn't work.
>
> I reinstalled Mandrake 7.0 with medium level security instead of high. Now
> I can telnet to it. I still don't know what configuration files
> are different between the two security levels. The pam.d configuration
> files are the same.
>
> Nel
>
>
> On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, Ian C.Sison wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > try and add this to /etc/inetd.conf and see if it works.
> > remember after editing, do a "killall -HUP inetd"
> >
> > telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.telnetd
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 06 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> > > --- "Ian C.Sison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > there is no telnet daemon that runs in the
> > > > background. in.telnetd is run via
> > > > tcp-wrappers via the inetd.conf file in /etc.
> > >
> > > Thanks for the info. But I am still stuck with my
> > > problem.
> > >
> > > I remembered installing Mandrake 7.0 with security set
> > > to HIGH. Do you think I should reinstall with security
> > > LOW or MEDIUM, anyway I am behind a firewall and I am
> > > the only one familiar with linux here.
> > >
> > > Nel
> > >
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 06 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> > > > > On Sun, 5 Mar 2000, Ian C.Sison wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Does it have something to do with pam
> > > > settings? I noticed that the RH6.0
> > > > > > > and Mandrake7.0 settings are different.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > what do /var/log/secure, /var/log/messages say?
> > > > >
> > > > > Nothing on /var/log/secure, no entries pertaining
> > > > to telnet on
> > > > > /var/log
> > > > > /var/log/security.log doesn's show any daemon
> > > > watching port 23. I checked
> > > > > inetd.conf and the ftp telnet service is not
> > > > commented out. How do I know
> > > > > that the telnet daemon is running?
> > > > >
> > > > > > when you telnet does it:
> > > > > > Refuse connections, or simple say 'connection
> > > > closed by foreign host' ?
> > > > >
> > > > > It refuses connection. Telnet to itself
> > > > (localhost) doesn't work either.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > >
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