Telnet question...

[skrap]

Hi,
I am currently running Redhat 7.0
I would like to be able to tenet to my machine, how would I go about setting this up. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Jake

[ph34r]

Telnet is terribly insecure - please don't use it. Get ssh (www.openssh.org) instead.

[scanez]

Install the telnet-server package, it should be on the RedHat website, RedHat CDs if you have them, or you can get it from rpmfind.net. Once you install it, make sure that the telnet file in the /etc/xinetd.d directory has the line

disable = no

Then run

/etc/rc.d/init.d/telnet restart

to start the server. I think those are the instructions but since I haven't used RedHat in months they may be a little off. Try them and come back if you are still having problems.

Good luck
SC

Edit: In regard to the above post, yes, telnet can be very insecure. I also suggest using ssh. Only use telnet if you absolutely must have to.

[ 31 October 2001: Message edited by: scanez ]

[linuxluis]

I think ph34r is right with telnet. you could use 2 different once.

ssh and SecureCRT ...
I use ssh to connect from home to work or work to other sites.

its easy to learn plus the one i'm running I believe is
OpenSSH_2.5.2p2, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090600f

Good lucky

Bishop :cool:

[skrap]

Hi everyone,
Thank you for your replies. Today I upgraded to Red Hat 7.2. I installed telnet-server, but am unable to use it. I am pretty new to linux, so the errors still seem a bit foreign. This is what I get when I run ./telnet from the /etc/xinetd.d/ directory:

/etc/xinetd.d././telnet: flags:command not found
/etc/xinetd.d/./telnet: socket type: command not found
./etc/xinetd.d/./telnet: wait: '=' is not a pid or valid job spec
/etc/xinetd.d/./telnetL wait:'no' is not a pid or valid job spec
/etc/xinetd.d/./telnet: user: command not found
/etc/xinetd.d/./telnet: server: command not found
/etc/xinetd.d/./telnet: log_on_failure: command not found
/etc/xinetd.d/./telnet: disable: command not found

Any help would be greatly appreciated :)

Jake

[scanez]

Originally posted by skrap:
<STRONG>Hi everyone,
Thank you for your replies. Today I upgraded to Red Hat 7.2. I installed telnet-server, but am unable to use it. I am pretty new to linux, so the errors still seem a bit foreign. This is what I get when I run ./telnet from the /etc/xinetd.d/ directory:

/etc/xinetd.d././telnet: flags:command not found
/etc/xinetd.d/./telnet: socket type: command not found
./etc/xinetd.d/./telnet: wait: '=' is not a pid or valid job spec
/etc/xinetd.d/./telnetL wait:'no' is not a pid or valid job spec
/etc/xinetd.d/./telnet: user: command not found
/etc/xinetd.d/./telnet: server: command not found
/etc/xinetd.d/./telnet: log_on_failure: command not found
/etc/xinetd.d/./telnet: disable: command not found

Any help would be greatly appreciated :)

Jake</STRONG>
No no no, /etc/xinetd.d just has the config files for telnet. It is started from /etc/rc.d/init.d:

cd /etc/rc.d/init.d
./telnet restart

make sure that the telnet config file says "disable=no" in /etc/xinetd.d before doing this.

[skrap]

[/QUOTE]
No no no, /etc/xinetd.d just has the config files for telnet. It is started from /etc/rc.d/init.d:

cd /etc/rc.d/init.d
./telnet restart

make sure that the telnet config file says "disable=no" in /etc/xinetd.d before doing this.[/QB][/QUOTE]

I tried the /etc/rc.d/init.d/./telnet restart
"no such file or directory" I looked in the directory, no telnet. Did I do something wrong?

[scanez]

Ahhhh, sorry about that, telnet is started through xinetd. After you check the telnet config file to say disable=no, run

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

That should work
SC

[skrap]

It worked! thanks :)

[X_console]

Telnet is a good way to get cracked because your session isn't encrypted. Hence a sniffer will easily pick up your login/password.

Use ssh as ph3ar said. It's free, it's easy to use, and it's more secure. It also comes with sftp, a secure ftp client. What more could you want? Most servers support ssh and sftp. http://www.openssh.com