Hi, Actually, there's no need to edit the xinetd files. chkconfig handles this also. Just do: chkconfig telnet on It's most spiffy. chkconfig will signal xinetd for you, so you don't even need to restart it. HTH. -- Bill in Denver On Sun, 9 Nov 2003, Janina Sajka wrote: > Hi, Sina: > > Sina Bahram writes: > > > > ... but how do I check if I am running gnome or kde for the > > desktop environment. Is there any command I can do via telnet? > > The configuration of Xwindows use is at /etc/X11. However, I don't think > you need to worry about it. It's not as if you can't smoothly stray from > one to another. > > Rather, your concern is to have the desktop come up talking with > Gnopernicus following your login on the graphical login dialog--or > following your launch of gnopernicus from the command line. > > > > Also how > > can I enable telnet and ftp. I can ssh into the box but it's a crappy > > ssh and I want to enable the telnet client and the ftp server. > > Areyou unable to use your Fedora Core system natively for some reason? > The results and the learning curve will be significantly enhanced if you > do. Certainly, you're not going to succeed with Gnopernicus over telnet, > at the very least. > > However, to answer the question you asked, you'll need to enable both > telnet and vsftp servers, and allow their ports if the Linux machine's > firewall is on, as it likely is. > > Here's what to study: > > Learn about the service command: > > service [service.name] start/stop/restart > > For the more permanent fix, learn the chkconfig command. > > To enable/disable various firewall (and other) settings, use the setup > command. > > Look at the configurations for vsftp under /etc and tweak as you see > fit. Also, edit the telnet configuration file under /etc/xinetd.d/ -- > and be aware that you need to restart xinetd after so doing. > > How do I just get an ftp that will let me do anything I > > want. > > Well, I have never heard of an interface that lets one do anything they > want. However, you can configure vsftp to do all that it can for you as > described above. > > Janina > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >