it is, telnet is started by inetd or xinetd (depending on what you have installed..) if its xinetd, go into /etc/xinetd.d and check the telnet entry... make sure it doesn't have disable=yes in there, also, it might not hurt to comment out the +=USERID lines for logon success and logon failure,, I had problems once until I did that.. I also usually add a line to the effect: only_from = 192.168.0.1 #or whatever your ip is... adds that little bit more protection, expecially since telnet doesn't have alot to start with. swap to ssh, its just as easy.. load and install ssh and ssl on your linux box.. for windows clients, download Terra Term Pro and the ssh addin (free) (this is your telnet capable client prog, ssh and telnet work much the same once connected.) then download Ixplorer, which is a ftp type frontend for putty, which is a dos ssh ftp (scp) client.. all of that is free, and if you download Ixplorer which has putty built in, then its as easy as... give it a shot... rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Marchetti, Peter Sent: Saturday, 1 September 2001 12:27 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [newbie] TELNET help! Please? I have read every man page, searched the web 12 dozen times...tried EVERYTHING I can think of...telnet WILL NOT let me log into my server. If anyone would like to help me out, please drop me an e-mail...I'm losin my mind here... I thought telnet was supposed to be easy to use? Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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