Running Telnet Server in Mandrake7.2

[normanCheer]

When I look at the inetd.conf file telnet server line is uncommented but I can access the telnet server may be it isn't running. The inetd.conf file is used to run uncommented processes at start-up in Mandrake if specified. Has anyone started a Telnet server on Mandrake may be you could give me a brief step by step.

[ph34r]

Please don't setup telnet. It is terribly insecure. Instead, I (and everyone else) recommend using ssh as a replacement. Works the same way, but it is secure and encrypted. There is/was a post in the "How I did it" forum here that detailed setting it up with RPMS.

[per©oDåN]

BTW: if anyone is looking for a (good, as far as everybody tells me) ssh client for their winbox, then try PuTTY. It's free (for now), and I have been told it works VERY WELL.
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

[ansivirus]

I use SecureCRT and it ROCKS as a telnet/ssh rlogin anything client.. :) you can even set it to where it uses linux emulation and that way you get your color ls commands and everything..

-ansivirus

[ferrol]

Although I wouldn't recommend it, as long as you are running telnet on a trusted network that will never see the internet or firewalled.:

Check if inetd is running. Sounds Obvious but do a
ps -aux|grep inet

If its not start it, not sure where its stored but locate inetd should dig it up.

But seriously consider running ssh.

[ansivirus]

Actually with Mandrake 7.2 you just need to add the hosts to allow in the /etc/hosts.allow file.. :)

-ansivirus