[NTLUG:Discuss] duh, telnet server??

[Jack Snodgrass]

I'd use ssh and stay away from telnet. I don't have telnet on any of my
systems.

jack

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bug Hunter" <bughuntr at one.ctelcom.net>
To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 1:50 PM
Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] duh, telnet server??


>
>  I'm trying to get a new install of redhat 7.2 to enable the telnet
> server.
>
>  I can telnet to myself from 127.0.0.1, after allowing that in
> /etc/hosts.allow.
>
>   I've allowed the local ip address ranges (172.16.), as well as specific
> addresses, but to no avail.
>
>   There is no log in /var/log/messages or /var/log/secure that tells me
> why it  does not work.  There was a log in /var/log/messages when I tried
> to telnet to myself on 127.0.0.1, when /etc/hosts.allow did not have that
> ip address in it.
>
>   Has anyone seen this?
>
>  It is baffling.  I've made redhat 3.3,4.2,5.x,6.x,mandrake
> 5.x,6.x,7.x,8.x work in the past, so I'm not a spring chicken.
>
>   netstat shows a listen on *:telnet .
>
>   there is no update for the telnet server that I could see on
> ftp.redhat.com.
>
> help?
> bug
>
>
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