The reason should be obvious - telnet is insecure and is banned both internally
and externally at most corproates these days, and should likewise not be
installed on your home machine. SSH deprecates Telnet, is just as uniquitous,
and makes running graphical apps remotely much easier.
Mike
Sevatio Octavio wrote:
> For some reason, installing LM7.2 does not automatically install Telnetd.
> So you have to get the rpm and install it yourself afterwards.
>
> Seve
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> On 1/3/01, 3:07:57 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [expert] Why
> doesn't work the telnet with Mdk 7.2 after install?:
>
> > Hello,
>
> > I've just installed Mdk 7.2 and the telnet doesn't work. A friend
> explained
> > me to check that the telnet service is enable in /etc/xinetd/telnet but
> > this file doesn't exist.
>
> > Someone could explain me what I've to do to active this service after the
> > installation?
>
> > And Happy New year!
>
> > Pierre
>
> >
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