Telnet connection error
 

Servname not supported for ai_socktype - what is this ?
I can't do a telnet connection to a remote host due to that error .
Is something wrong with /etc/services ore there's another reason ?
Pls , help .
Btw , the ssh client is working properly .

Have you by chance tried recompiling the Telnet program? If not, give it a shot and see what happens. BTW, what distribution are you using?

it's possible that telnet is disabled on the remote server. just check out "/etc/initd.d/telnet".

Hi

See if a telnet port is listening

# netstat -a | grep telnet

if NO, enable it and then restart xinetd

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I am talking about telnet-client under Debian . No , the remote server is not disabled , I can telnet it from the comp near mine . No , the telnet port is not listening - I don need a telnet server on the Debian . Yes , I tried to rebuild telnet client but only by apt-get remove-install . I don't know how to recompile it from the kernel and is it possible .
The problem is very strange , some another ideas ?