Check the file /etc/hosts.allow It should have an entry like in.telnetd:10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0 127.0.0.1 or if you want to be able to telnet in from anywhere... in.telnetd:ALL the file inetd.conf was used before, but it appears that in 7.2 Mandrake has moved to an Inet super daemon with a better reputation for security named xinetd. You'll find the configuration files in /etc/xinet.d/ There is a configuration file for each service. xinetd gives you many more configuration options than did inetd. You shouldn't have to edit these files. I'd bet that you specifically need to allow the service in hosts.allow. Also make sure that xinetd is running by executing the command /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd restart If this command reports failure of stopping the xinetd daemon, that likely means that it wasn't running from boot. To make sure that xinetd starts on boot in the future, run the command /usr/sbin/ntsysv Put a star in front ot the ntsysv daemon to enable it's execution upon booting. I'm looking for a system administration job. I'd like to work for Mandrake :) My resume http://www.dcresearch.com/resume.html Cheers, Joe Baker On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, SIR admin wrote: > make sure inetd is running. also: if you are telneting into a machine, > check your hosts.allow file and your hosts.deny file. > > also: if the machine you are telneting from isn't in the servers hosts > file, it might lag a bit. this is especially important for private > networks i've noticed. > > matthew > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom > Eastman > Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 8:25 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] How to enable telnet in 7.2? > > > Sorry, > > I hate having to ask stupid simple questions but I can't seem to work it > out! > > How do I allow people to telnet to my computer? > > This is what is in my inetd.conf file: > # > # These are standard services. > # > ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.ftpd -l -a > telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.telnetd > # > > telnet is uncommented... so why doesn't it work? > > There must be something simple I'm missing... anyone have any ideas? > > Thanks, > Tom > > > > > -- -Joe Baker Digital Communications Research, Inc. www.dcresearch.com www.dcresearch.com/joebaker 414-427-6140
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