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Old 10-24-2003
Question disabling telnet

how do i disable the telnet
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Old 10-24-2003
# pgrep telnetd
# kill (returned number)
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Old 10-24-2003
You have got to give a bit more info. Like your OS at least. If you are wanting to totally restrict telnet.

go into your config file similar to mine in /etc/inetd.conf and comment out telnet...

Or find your telnetd executable and make it non-exe...
 
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