I found telnetd in /usr/lib so it is there... anyother ideas that might
help?
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 10:57 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] telnet access
> > Chris wrote:
> >
> > I ran a port scanner to find out if the telnet port was open and it
> > is, but i am unable to gain access via telnet to my linux machine. It
> > pings fine.. i tried changing the port it was using but still it give
> > me this message connection failed could not open a connection on "my
> > ip" Any Ideas would be great
> >
> > Chris
>
> Hello Chris,
> I believe you may find that telnetd is not installed on your machine.
> From the command line:
>
> locate telnetd
>
> If it is missing, as I suspect. Look on your CD or on one of the ftp
> sites for your distro.
> If you plan to use this in an environment that might be open for
> hackers. I understand a program called SSH is a much more secure way of
> telneting. No I don't know how to run or install SSH. I'm trying to
> figure that out my self now.
>
> I found these links of intrest on it:
> http://www.linux.ie/tutorials/ssh.html
> http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/ssh-clients.html
>
>
> God Bless,
> Sam
>
> http://www.wcc.net/~peacemkr/linuxindex.html
> NOT an IE friendly sight!
