[ltp] Enabling telnetd on Red Hat 7.2

[billy ball]

On 22 Feb 2002, Rob Mayoff wrote:

> +---------- On Feb 22, Carlos Lorenzo said:
> > Does anybody know what do I have to do to enable the telnet to  a Red Hat
> > 7.2 ?
> 
> You probably have to install the telnet-server RPM, and make sure telnet
> is enabled in /etc/inetd.conf.

change:

disable=yes

to:

disable=no

in the file 'telnet' under the /etc/xinetd.d directory, then:

/etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd restart

(and yes, make sure the telnet server is installed...)

> However, telnet is insecure: it sends passwords in the clear over the
> network.  You would be much better off using ssh if at all possible.
> ssh is very easy to use, does much more than telnet, and is secure.
> 
> http://www.openssh.com/

here's a great way to connect if you use X:

ssh -X name_or_ip_of_remote_host

hth

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