Telnet Connection

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momed131
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Telnet Connection

Post by momed131 » 2017/03/16 04:39:27

Hi Everyone,

i have install telnet* and xinetd* packages and configure /etc/xinetd.d/telnet file like below:

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service telnet
{
      flags           = REUSE
      socket_type     = stream
      wait            = no
      user            = root
      server          = /usr/sbin/in.telnet
      log_on_failure  += USERID
      disable         = no
}
and also telnet port is allowed in firewall but when i restart xinetd service a massage appear like below:

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Server xinetd[1088]: Must specify a server in telnet
and i am not able to telnet to server via putty!!!

please help me with message i showed above
thanks

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TrevorH
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Re: Telnet Connection

Post by TrevorH » 2017/03/16 09:58:50

It's 2017 and the news is full of security exploits and you're installing a telnet server?! Why?
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke

stevemowbray
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Re: Telnet Connection

Post by stevemowbray » 2017/03/16 11:46:59

I would echo Trevor's question.

But the reason it doesn't work is that the path should be /usr/sbin/in.telnetd, not /usr/sbin/in.telnet.

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