You can stop telnet while the server's running.

1. Edit /etc/inetd.conf (vi /etc/inetd.conf)

2. Find the entry for telnet (/telnet[enter])

If there's a "#" in front of the entry then you're done. Otherwise continue:

3 Put put a hash mark in front of the line (i#[esc])

4. Save the file (:wq!)

5. Restart the inetd process (kill -HUP `ps -e | grep inet | awk '{print $1}'`) (the ones around the whole statemet after HUP are reverse ticks, the lower key where tilde (~) is on your PC keyboard. The ones in the awk section are single quotes.)

6. Test the connection (telnet localhost)

7. Profit!

Carl

thank you BOFH

before I exercise your command the un-commented line is
Telnet streams tcp6 nowait root /usr/sbin/in.telnetd %A in.telnetd
is this the line to comment out.

also when I did your inital entry to view the file it will not allow me to perform the edit.

Thanks

That is the correct line to be commented out. You do need to be root in order to edit the file and to restart inetd.

Carl

BOFH, thank you

I am in as root. at the end of the file there are ~ lines down the left edge of the file. and i cannot make an entry,

any ideas

Thank you

The tilde's are fine. It just means you're at the end of the file. Find the telnet line ('/' to begin search and 'telnet' for what to search for. hit enter to jump to the line) and press the letter 'i' which means "insert". Then hit the hash key (#). That will insert the # in front of the telnet line. Hit escape to return to command mode. Then hit colon ":" and type wq! (which means "write, quit, force"). That will return you to your prompt.

Carl

A little hitch in the database. Posting this so you know there was a reply

Carl

Thank you BOFH
I performed your command and it all seemed to work

Afeter i did the kill -HUP `ps -e | grep inet | awk '{print $1}'` the prompt went back to > . is that the end of the process.

I exited out of the xterm screen and went back in and executed the vi command to see if the line was commented out and indeed it was.

If indeed this is the completion of the process, I greatly appreciate your kind help.