Taso Hatzi wrote:
> > > The telnet service is provided by the /usr/sbin/tcpd daemon.
> >
> > No, it's not. Witness the line from inetd.conf:
> >
> > telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.telnetd
>
> Doesn't this support what I said?.
No.
> Inetd fires up tcpd to service requests comming in on the telnet
> port.
No, inetd fires up tcpd to CHECK requests comming in on the telnet
port.
> It does it's business & hands job over to in.telnetd.
... which actually services the request.
> > I challenge you to try to telnet to a box which is using tcpd as a
> > telnet server; without renaming in.telnetd to tcpd, it cannot be done.
>
> It's a non-challenge. I've got two Mandrake 6.1 systems which work
> fine straight out of the box.
Yes, but they aren't trying to use tcpd as a telnet server.
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