Need help to open Telnet port

trocaking · 08-03-2002, 07:19 PM

Hi iam completly New @ Linux just got Slackware installed but cant connect to it on Telnet from my Win xp macine i have 3 comps and the linux 1 have a realy bad monitor so i want to sit by this comp any way how do i open port 23 ?

Scotty2435 · 08-03-2002, 09:25 PM

to activate the telnet server you have to edit a file, you need to change /etc/xinetd.d/telnet

Look for a line in that file that says

disable = yes

change that to

disable = no

now run this at the command line

service xinetd restart

trocaking · 08-03-2002, 10:22 PM

thanxs man verry good explanation thanxs alot man =) iam so new @ this ur the only 1 ho has explaind to me in a good way man Thanxs alot =)))))))

Scotty2435 · 08-04-2002, 09:29 PM

no problem, i remember when i was having the same problem starting out

neo77777 · 08-04-2002, 11:32 PM

Stay away from telnet if any of your networked systems are connected to the internet, go for ssh get it at http://www.openssh.org there are clients for windows platform to support ssh, some are free others are not - spend some time on google to find them. And here is the one most popular amongst windows boys and girls http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/