telnet service under mandrake7.2

[tommyj27]

i just installed linux-mandrake 7.2 on my system using the workstation type installation. When I tried to access my system via telnet but I get the message "Unable to connect to remote host: Connection Refused." I'm assuming remote login is disabled or not running because of the workstation install. Is there a way to enable the telnet login?

[furrycat]

Fetch and install openssh from openssh.org and set it to start on bootup by adding a line into your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file similar to the following:

/usr/sbin/sshd

Of course the actual location of sshd may be /usr/local/sbin or somewhere else...

You will of course need to install the ssh client on the machine you connect FROM. Don't use telnet.

[pcast]

try installing telnet-server. btw telnet is NOT secure!!!

[furrycat]

Oops. I forgot: openssh comes from openssh.com, not openssh.org. There are reasons for this but if you value your sanity you don't want to know, trust me http://discussions.linuxplanet.com/smile.gif