telnet

[triplenine]

how do i set it up so that I can telnet to my machine from a remote system? Telnet is open in my inetd.conf. Are there any other config files that need to be checked?

[ph34r]

That should be it. However, telnet is terribly insecure. Get and use ssh instead - same functionality of telnet without the security issues.

[berb]

Well, as you will soon find out from the soon to be posted replies - you should use SSH2 for all your remote access needs. Telnet transmits things like your username and password in plaintext, thus makins it real simple for a hacker to own you.
If you still want to use telnet (perhaps you don't have install rights on the remote box) all you need to do is open the connection, assuming that your firewall is configutred to accept telnet and the remote box's ip is in /etc/hosts.allow, which you can edit for yourself.

[triplenine]

I am about to find and RTFM for ssh but can it be used from an NT machine to a *X machine? I need access from an NT machine 4 floors away on our network to my *X machine.

[ph34r]

Yah, you can get win32 ssh clients. My favorite is putty, since it is free and does everything I need it to.

ftp://ftp.santafe.cc.fl.us/Academic/Cat/WinNT/putty.exe