Be advised that putty has been identified as having security vulnerabilities.
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-36.html -----Original Message----- From: gihas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 12:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Unable to use telnet > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 22:47:46 -0500 > From: Chinmay Nadkarni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Unable to use telnet > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > If u r not able to do telnet u have to do 2 things 1: /etc/xineted.d/telnet disable=no default disable = yes change yes to know and restart service. 2: If it is not working u r firewall protection is there. in # serviceconf u will get services presently running. remove ipchaines and iptable from that,check telnet is checked properley > You can use putty to ssh from your windows box into your linux box. You > should be able to find it if you google for it. > > - Chinmay. > > > > Chandra wrote: > > > Thanks for the helpful information and insights. > > I am planning on using telnet because of the fact that I am not aware > > of any utilities which would help me remote login to Linux machine > > using ssh from a windows machine. > > Secondly, was able to fix the telnet problem, by editing > > /etc/xineted.d/telnet file. > > > > Once again thanks for the help . > > Regards > > Chandra > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >>On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 07:43:35PM -0600, Chandra wrote: > >> > >> > >>>I am able to ping to my Red hat 8.0 system, but not able to login into > >>>the system using telnet from my windows desktop and getting the > >>>following error message. > >>> > >>>telnet: Connect to address:... Connection refused. > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >>A couple of things could be happening. > >> > >>--Default security settings are blocking access to port 23 (telnet). > >> > >>--Telnet server is not installed. To check: > >> > >>rpm -qa | grep telnet-server > >> > >>If that does not show you telnet-server then you do not have it > >>installed. You can install it from the CD's by using the RPM. > >> > >>--Telnet server installed, but not running. To turn it on type > >>the following: > >> > >>/sbin/chkconfig telnet on > >> > >>With all of this having been said if you do not have a reason to > >>use telnet, I highly suggest using ssh. Telnet sends information > >>across the wire in plain text whereas with ssh the session is > >>encrypted. From a *nix box just type ssh and then the name of > >>your Red Hat 8.0 box. From a Windows box just do a search on > >>putty at Google and download it to your Windows box. This tool > >>will allow you to ssh to your Red Hat box. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
