On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 9:33 AM, Samson <okosam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I just install Centos 7 on my laptop. I have also installed telnet-server > and telnet. > I can telnet to other server from my local CentOS 7 but can not telnet > localhost also, i can not telnet to my localhost from other server. > > I try to check telnet file in /etc/xinetd.d directory but the file "telnet" > is not there. > > Please can someone help me with the steps to install telnet or enable > telnet services on CENTOS 7 so that i can telnet my localhost. > > Below is the error message: > [claire@ittestsrvr ~]$ telnet localhost > Trying ::1... > telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused > Trying 127.0.0.1... > telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused I will not go over the question about running telnet in your laptop; others will chime in. Now that is out, did you check whether telnet is running using ps and netstat? > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos