Simple questions:

I'm running 2 linux boxes behind my router. One is running fedora core 1, the other is running fedora core 2. I'd like to be able to telnet and ftp between them. What files do I need to modify to allow for this? I thought that by editing /etc/hosts.allow to reflect the hostnames of the boxes (box1.mydomain.com, box2.mydomain.com), that I would be good to go. But I get a connection refused error when I try to connect. What files or settings do I need to mess with to make this work?

I would strongly reccomend not using telnet or ftp. You can get the same functionality from ssh and scp and your passwords are not send across the network in plain text. Take a look at:
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/SSH

go to
cd /etc than edit the inetd.conf
uncoment services you want to run
Rerun inetd ("kill -HUP <pid of inetd>".)
telnet yourbox

I am also facing same problem to configure telent services on linux 8. I did n;t find any configuration file in /etc/xinetd.d/telnet nor /etc/inetd.conf.

Please let me know how can I configure the telnet services?

and i would second that - use ssh instead!

Thanks for the help, everyone. I decided to use ssh. But I had to do some research to figure out that you can't do file transfers from within ssh. There's another program, called sftp, which does ftp over a secure socket.

Next time, instead of just saying "use ssh" to a telnet and ftp question, please indicate how to use ssh over ftp as well (sftp). Might save us noobs some time .

In my first post I actually suggested scp for file transfers

Don't hesitate to reply and ask for more information. Personally I try not to make my first reply to long as I may end up wasting my time typing it and your time reading it. Most people will be happy to follow up if you have further questions.

I faced the same problem to configure telent services on linux 7.
look for the configuration file in /etc/xinetd.d/

U'll get telnet & tftp file in this directory edit this file and make
>>"disable" option to "No" in both the files.

run service again >> service xinetd start
this all have to be done with root credentials ..

and one more thing ,i belive you know that telnet via root user is
not allowed.

Hope this will solve your problem ..

SharadGangwar
you would need to install telnet-server.

I am Not able to get this service you are talking about
will you throw some light on this service inetd

or you were talking about xinetd ............
but still there is no conf file ..........

ujjwal

what distro do you use? redhat/slackware/other?

redhat uses xinetd. slackware users inetd.

yea I got it ....
I am using Redhat ...

Telnet and FTP are fine when talking within your own trusted network.

There's not need to add to overhead by encryptiong data heading from one comptuer to another across a LAN.

Mike

Simple Question ???

i am trying rlogin b/w two machines ..(for test purpose)

after writing .rhosts file on remote machine & rhosts file on my machine

do i need to run some service or need to provide some permissions

on the remote machine ....coz when i do >>rlogin host -l username

it ask's for a password .

i think this is not the normal behaviour ...

help me out

The .rhosts file only has to be created on the machine you are logging into. The file has to exist in the home directory of the user that you are logging in as. You can create a /etc/hosts.equiv file instead if you want this to work for any user from the client system.

Make sure that the entry you place in your file(s) is resolvable by your server system. Do a host <your entry> to verify this.

If you don't administer these machines, don't be surprised if your .rhosts or hosts.equiv files disappear. Many admins will run a regular job that will search and delete such files, since they create a fairly large security hole.