George Ferizis wrote:
> I just did a fresh install of redhat 6.2, booted up and
> found that i could not telnet into that machine, not from itself
> or from another machine.
... and there was much rejoicing.
> I also noticed no telnetd, or inetd running and no
> inetd.conf in the /etc directory...is this normal for linux sorry
> I'm used to unix....
For a RedHat 6.2 installation, this is normal. If you really want
telnet then you have to install the telnet and telnet-server RPMs
off the Red Hat CD (rpm -Uhv telnet*) and also the inetd RPM
(rpm -Uhv inetd*).
Better still, get OpenSSH RPMs from: http://www.openssh.com/
Aravind Naidu wrote:
> telnetd runs on demand. On my machine with RH6.2, a telnet connection put
> this in the process list.
> in.telnetd: <ipaddress>
Only on a server, not on a workstation install.
> No /etc/inetd.conf ???? That is very strange. I have one. Gulp !!! Without
> it how come your system is working ????
Most systems work fine without an inetd.conf. It is not required unless
you are running inetd. These days I tend not to run inetd, since most
daemons that I really want to connect to (eg: ssh, apache, squid) tend to
run standalone.
> > None of these are available with a fresh RH install. However the point
> > I'm making is that, unless you know a machine's history, do not
> > automatically expect things to be "standard". Not having an
> > /etc/inetd.conf may not necessarily be a problem - some people
> > consider it an advantage :)
> >
>
> Agreed. But not on a fresh install !!! There is no history to reckon with
> and it should have installed inetd and the regular stuff. As the user
> mentioned, he did a fresh install.
Actually, no.
In a fresh Red Hat 6.2 workstation class installation, as opposed to
6.1 and earlier, inetd is not installed. You need to choose a custom
installation or server class installation to get inetd.
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