Re: [SLUG] Telnet with RedHat 6.2

[Anthony Rumble <smilie@nospam.LinuxHelp.com.au>]

On Thu, 25 May 2000, George Ferizis wrote:

In 6.2 they change from having all services on by default, to haveing all
services OFF by default.

Make sure telnet-server is installed, and run "/usr/sbin/ntsysv" and
enable the service in there.

This is (IMHO) A good thing.. as it means that out-of-the-box RedHat 6.2
is just that little bit more secure, thus halting a lot of "Skript Kiddy"
activity.

Anthony

> 	I just did a fresh install of redhat 6.2, booted up and 
> found that i could not telnet into that machine, not from itself 
> or from another machine. 
> 
> 
> 	I also noticed no telnetd, or inetd running and no 
> inetd.conf in the /etc directory...is this normal for linux sorry 
> I'm used to unix....
> 
> 	I would appreciate any help in regards to getting telnet 
> working
> 
> Thanks
> 	George
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