unable to connect to Yellow Dog Linux machine through telnet

Thu Nov 20 13:48:01 2003

Thank you for this information.  I understand the security concerns of using
Telnet to connect to the computer, however for certain reasons we do require
it's use.  I tried following your suggestions below however my install of
Yellow dog does not have a telnet file under /etc/xinetd.d.  Does this file
have to be manually created?  If so where can I find information on how to
create it?  If possible could someone send me a sample telnet file?

Thanks
Tim

-----Original Message-----
From: yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
[mailto:yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com]On Behalf
Of RON FLORY
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 3:08 PM
To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Subject: Re: unable to connect to Yellow Dog Linux machine through
telnet

Timothy.Cappiello@gd-ais.com wrote:

> How do I enable a yellow dog Linux machine to accept telnet requests?
When
> connecting to the machine the message "Could not open a connection to host
> on port 23 : Connect failed"

  if you are on a local private network and security is NOT an issue,
try changing the following line in:

/etc/xinetd.d/telnet

  from:

        disable     = yes

  to:

        disable     = no

  Then restart xinitd

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

  ssh is nice, secure and all that rot, but its a bit of overkill
on a private local network.

ron

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