> Seems to me that telnet needs to be enabled and NOT disabled in order to > work, or do I misunderstand?
must be set to: disable = no then service MUST be restarted. from root. /etc/init.d/xinetd restart ----- Original Message ----- From: "Billy Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 3:59 PM Subject: Re: Re: Telnet connection fails > Ray: > > I changed the line to disabled = yes and verified that the telnet LISTEN was > gone. But I still get the same error messages from both the Win2K and SCO > boxes when I try to telnet in. > > Seems to me that telnet needs to be enabled and NOT disabled in order to > work, or do I misunderstand? > > Thanks again, > Billy Davis > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ray Curtis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 3:30 PM > Subject: Re: Re: Telnet connection fails > > > > >>>>> "bd" == Billy Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > bd> Hello Ross: > > bd> 1. The output of the netstat command included the following: > > > > bd> tcp 0 0 *:telnet *:* LISTEN > > bd> 1940/xinetd > > > > bd> What does this mean? > > > > This means you have a port listening [open] for telnet connections, this > > should be closed. > > > > > > bd> 2. The xinetd.conf file is quite short and does NOT contain any > reference to > > bd> telnet. However there IS a telnet file in /etc/xinetd.d that > contains this > > bd> line (among others): > > > > bd> disable = no > > > > That's the one, change to: > > disable = yes > > > > > > -- > > Ray Curtis > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ccux.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
