On Mon, 2001-10-29 13:27:59 +0000, Mark A. Tagliaferro <be_lak@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message <20011029132759.26517.qmail@web14707.mail.yahoo.com>: > I'm trying to install tewlnet on one of my servers but something is wrong. > I've installed package nkit serv which included the telnetd daemon. I > uncommented the telnet line in inetd.conf in /etc then after resetting the > machine I tried to telnet the server. I'm getting the error message : > connection refused First of all, you shouldn't use telnet. Use ssh. It's much more secure. > Any ideas as to what's wrong? Well, do you start telnetd directly, or via tcpd? If you start up via tcpd, you'll need to allow/disallow specific hosts/network from using this service. "man hosts_access" > Finally, how come there isn't a telnet howto? I definitely need one at the > moment. :) There's no need for a telnet howto because telnet is obsolete. Use ssh. MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw . jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
