are you sure you are running inetd and not xinetd (its replacement) ??? try starting the deamon by starting xinetd and check /etc/xinetd.d for the telnet file, and make sure its not disabled. rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Seak, Teng-Fong Sent: Monday, 17 September 2001 7:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Telnet daemon not run!? I've Mandrake 7.2. I want to run a telnet daemon. telnet related packages are installed. inet is running properly. In the configuration file, telnet is assigned a port. But I still can get it to work. For example, I can't do telnet localhost What do I miss? Thanks in advance. Fong
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