disable is now set to 'no' and restart command has been issued. Still unable to telnet in.
Billy Davis ----- Original Message ----- From: "sign_bldr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 4:24 PM Subject: Re: Re: Telnet connection fails > > Seems to me that telnet needs to be enabled and NOT disabled in order to > > work, or do I misunderstand? > > must be set to: > disable = no > then service MUST be restarted. > > from root. > > /etc/init.d/xinetd restart > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Billy Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 3:59 PM > Subject: Re: Re: Telnet connection fails > > > > Ray: > > > > I changed the line to disabled = yes and verified that the telnet LISTEN > was > > gone. But I still get the same error messages from both the Win2K and SCO > > boxes when I try to telnet in. > > > > Seems to me that telnet needs to be enabled and NOT disabled in order to > > work, or do I misunderstand? > > > > Thanks again, > > Billy Davis > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ray Curtis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 3:30 PM > > Subject: Re: Re: Telnet connection fails > > > > > > > >>>>> "bd" == Billy Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > bd> Hello Ross: > > > bd> 1. The output of the netstat command included the following: > > > > > > bd> tcp 0 0 *:telnet *:* LISTEN > > > bd> 1940/xinetd > > > > > > bd> What does this mean? > > > > > > This means you have a port listening [open] for telnet connections, this > > > should be closed. > > > > > > > > > bd> 2. The xinetd.conf file is quite short and does NOT contain any > > reference to > > > bd> telnet. However there IS a telnet file in /etc/xinetd.d that > > contains this > > > bd> line (among others): > > > > > > bd> disable = no > > > > > > That's the one, change to: > > > disable = yes > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Ray Curtis > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ccux.com > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Redhat-list mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
