[ltp] Enabling telnetd on Red Hat 7.2

[Adam Benjamin]

> +---------- 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.

RH 7.2 uses xinetd - and as someone pointed out there's a
file-per-service under /etc/xinetd.d

Once you make disable=no you'll also have to signal the xinetd process
with a USR1 signal to have it update itself.  (I don't know why they
didn't keep HUP doing the same thing, but they didn't.)

> 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.

Agreed - ssh is much better, AND it's shipped with your RH distribution.
(Please note there are security updates for openssh available at a RH
mirror near you.)

Adam Benjamin


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