On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 01:36:12PM -0800, Patrick B. O'Brien wrote:
> I have a fresh RH8.0 upgrade from a RH7.2, installed on a Dell Optiplex.
>
> Also, I can't start the telnet daemon. The start and stop buttons are grayed out.
Telnet is a bad idea, as it sends user names, passwords, and all data in the clear.
However, sometimes there is a need for telnet, so ignoring my own warning:
1) Make sure telnet is installed:
bash2$ rpm -qa|grep telnet
telnet-0.17-20
telnet-server-0.17-20
2) I am used to using Redhat in a server environment, so I can only help on the
command line. Become root, and issue:
cd /etc/xinitd.d
3) Edit the file telnet using your favorite text editor:
# default: on
# description: The telnet server serves telnet sessions; it uses \
# unencrypted username/password pairs for authentication.
service telnet
{
flags = REUSE
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/in.telnetd
log_on_failure += USERID
disable = yes
}
See "disable = yes"? Set that to no and save the file.
Restart xinitd:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd restart
Now, on to sshd, which seems to be more of a trouble shooting problem:
> # /etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd start, sshd does not start per ps -ef|grep ssh.
>
> Even /usr/sbin/sshd does not want to kick it into gear.
The Redhat updater tends to screw stuff up between major (7->8) versions. When you run
sshd there aren't any error messages? When you do a "ssh localhost", there isn't a
connection?
Mark
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