[plug] getting telnet access

[Bill Kenworthy]

Ive come on this thread late, but it seems more likely that the telnet
server has not been installed - in Mandrake it is not installed by
default - you have to manually do it - hence the missing xinet.d/telnet
file.  Note that the telnet client is installed and is a different
package.

For Mandrake 8.1:

[root at rattus BUILD]# rpm -qlp
/home/rpm/cd/cd2/Mandrake/RPMS2/telnet-server-krb5-1.2.2-11mdk.i586.rpm
/etc/xinetd.d/telnet
/usr/sbin/telnetd
/usr/share/man/man8/telnetd.8.bz2
[root at rattus BUILD]#

i.e., 7.2 will have a different package version, but
/etc/xinetd.d/telnet should be part of it.

BillK


On Sun, 2002-01-20 at 19:21, Ben Jensz wrote:
> Hi Craig,
> 
> Create a file called telnet in that dir with the following contents:
> 
> # description: The telnet server serves telnet sessions; it uses \
> #       unencrypted username/password pairs for authentication.
> service telnet
> {
>         disable = no
>         flags           = REUSE
>         socket_type     = stream
>         wait            = no
>         user            = root
>         server          = /usr/sbin/in.telnetd
>         log_on_failure  += USERID
> }
> 
> 
> / Ben
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Reynolds [mailto:reynoldscraigr at hotmail.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, 20 January 2002 4:56 PM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] getting telnet access
> 
> 
> I have got /etc/xinetd.d, but not the telnet file.
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> § ©raig ®eynolds §
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Just because this is never going to work is no reason to be negative!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ben Jensz" <jensz at wn.com.au>
> To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 4:22 PM
> Subject: RE: [plug] getting telnet access
> 
> 
> Sorry, that should've been /etc/xinetd.d, if that dir isn't there, then
> you're missing some packages you really need..
> 
> 
> / Ben
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Reynolds [mailto:reynoldscraigr at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, 20 January 2002 3:36 PM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] getting telnet access
> 
> 
> I dont appear to have /etc/xinet.d/telnet, nor the directory
> /etc/xinet.d.
> 
> Should I create the telnet file in /etc/xinetd.d ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ § ©raig
> ®eynolds § ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just because this is never going to work is no
> reason to be negative!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ben Jensz" <jensz at wn.com.au>
> To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 3:25 PM
> Subject: RE: [plug] getting telnet access
> 
> 
> Have you told xinetd to run the telnet-server?
> 
> Because in 7.2 it isn't enabled as per default.. open the file
> /etc/xinet.d/telnet with your favourite text editor and change the
> appropriate line from disable to enable (you'll see it when you open
> it).  Just killall -HUP xinetd and it should then listen on port 23 for
> telnet then.
> 
> 
> / Ben
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Reynolds [mailto:reynoldscraigr at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, 20 January 2002 3:06 PM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] getting telnet access
> 
> 
> I had forgotten it actually, but the problem is still there, my
> connection is refused.
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> § ©raig ®eynolds §
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Just because this is never going to work is no reason to be negative!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kai" <vk6ksj at siwa.com.au>
> To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 3:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [plug] getting telnet access
> 
> 
> > I dunno if it's  typo but did you remember to include the : after 
> > telnetd? ie
> > in.telnetd: 203.59.50.95/255.255.255.240
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Craig Reynolds" <reynoldscraigr at hotmail.com>
> > To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
> > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 2:46 PM
> > Subject: [plug] getting telnet access
> >
> >
> > > Hi guys, I've got a fresh RH 7.2 install an I'm having trouble 
> > > getting telnet acces to it, so I was hoping someone would be able to
> 
> > > point me in
> > the
> > > right direction.
> > >
> > > As best I can tell it should work. I turned the firewall of during
> > install,
> > > and I have the IP range of the network I want to get at it from in 
> > > /etc/hosts.allow, as follows
> > >
> > > in.telnetd 203.59.50.95/255.255.255.240
> > >
> > > The problem that I am getting is that whenever I try to telnet in, 
> > > it
> > tells
> > > me that the connection has been refused. An I can ping the machine, 
> > > any ideas?
> > >
> > >
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > § ©raig ®eynolds §
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > Just because this is never going to work is no reason to be 
> > > negative!
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> 
> 
>