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Hey,

OK i installed teh telnet RPM, it's in my xinetd.conf file now, i've enabled it in my services file, i've allowed root login but! haha i still can't connect, even from the machine itself it says connection refused. Did i miss a step? Thanks for all your help!

nooo you leave your /etc/services file alone. you remove the # that is infront of the telnet entry in xinetd.conf

Try 'service xinetd restart' and then try to telnet in again. If you are trying to telnet as root you must also add lines like this to /etc/securetty

pts/0
pts/1
pts/2


Keep numbering as high as you want. I typically go to pts/10. On some busy systems I have gone as high as 30. Everyone logs in as root to some of our test systems.

Thanks but i don't have an xinetd.conf file...when i run the command service xinetd restart it says that it is an unreconized service. Also i don't have inetd.conf, i don't know why i don't have this file. Is it possible for me to download it from any where, like an RPM or somthing?

I downloaded and installed teh xinet RPM package just for the hell of it and i now have the xinetd.conf file but it says nothing of telnet..here is what is in it

# Some defaults, and include /etc/xinetd.d/

defaults
[
instances =60
log_type = SYSLOG authpriv
log_on_success = HST PID
lod_on_faileur = HOST
cps = 25 30
]

includedir /etc/xinetd.d

I thought you already installed it, my misunderstanding. Re-read the posts I put up earlier now that you have xinetd. All services run under xinetd (including telnet) have a config file in /etc/xinetd.d which you should now have.

Ok good news, i started the service and it works now, but when i try to connect it says connection failed. Before it said connection refused. I have added the pts/0 to my securetty file and my telnet file in xinetd.d says

#default: on
#description : Telnet Server
#securlevel: 30

service telnet
{
disable = no
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/in.telnetd
server_args = -h
}




I'm fairly certain that thats right...lol but with my weeks and week sexperience i could very well be wrong. I am trying to connect as root just incase tha tdoes make a difference. I"m sorry but at least i'ts getting somewhere now....lol. I'm really new to this it takes me a while to catch on sometimes.