Telnet on Mandrake 8.0

[Knarf]

Ok im REALY new at this so bare with me. I just installed telnet on my Linux box and i am trying to get it running so i can telnet into it from a different machine. My friend say there is a command i have to use(but of course he doesnt know what it is) can anyone help me with this?

[mmccue]

where are you at in the whole situtation ? Do you have networking up between the two boxes (can you ping one from the other with a good response ?) ?

A little better description as to where you are in your task would be helpful.

Mike

[Knarf]

im no ttrying to network the two boxes, i am trying to set it up so that i can telnet into the linux box from any computer just by typing in the ip address in a telnet program, so that i can log in as a user. i have seen this done before.

[scanez]

So you installed the telnet server on your linux box right? If so and the server doesn't start automatically, check the /etc/xinetd.conf file or the telnet file in the /etc/xinetd.d directory and make sure it is enabled through there. For the /etc/xinetd.conf file I think there is a line that says something like

#off# telnet blah blah blah

or something. Just delete that #off#. For the /etc/xinetd.d directory, edit the telnet file and change

disable=yes to disable=no.

Then go to /etc/rc.d/init.d and run

./xinetd restart

I havne't used Mandrake in a long time so all this may not be exactly correct, it's from what ever memory I have of Mandrake, but the main ideas are there.

Good luck
SC

[Knarf]

Perfect thanks