Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote: > > Jim McCloskey wrote: > > > Hello, Manuel: > > > > [1] If you simply install the telnetd package, the daemon, I believe, > > will start running. If you reboot, it certainly will. So install > > it with: > > > > dpkg --install > > > > or: > > > > apt-get install telnetd > > > > and you should be fine. > > > > [2] The daemon is started in the file /etc/init.d/ which calls > > /usr/sbin/intetd (but obviously the program has to be installed on > > the system before inetd can start it). > > I have installed telnetd via "dpkg --install" and, after that, I have > rebooted the machine. Nevertheless, the daemon was not started.
You are not going to see it until you telnet in. It is started by inetd as needed. > What else do I have to > configure in order to set up the telnet service? I have checked through > the HOWTOs but I could not find any clue. > You're almost there. Honest. You should have a line like this in /etc/inetd.conf: telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.telnetd If it is in there, and not commented out, you should already be able to telnet in at this point. If it's commented, uncomment it, then do a /etc/init.d/netbase restart [would 'reload' work just as well here, guys?] and you should be ready.