Telnet on Suse 7.2

Obsidian · 11-30-2003, 10:41 AM

I'm trying to setup a server to run MU*s (Text-based MUD variants, MUSHes, MUX, etc). Most of the people I'd be hosting are Windows users with limited Linux knowledge(most probably won't even access the shell), so I want to run a Telnet server for them to log into, rather than make them download putty or somesuch.

So, the question is... how do I set it up so they can telnet in?

Oh, and I want to set up an FTP server as well, so any help is muchly appreciated.

Thanks

facefullofsnow · 11-30-2003, 11:02 AM

Would you not be better setting up shhd instead? Much more secure!

zaphodiv · 11-30-2003, 12:29 PM

When you give untrusted people shells on a server you have to worry about local security holes.

SuSe 7.2 includes telnetd, you just need to enable it.Enable inetd with yast then enable it in /etc/inetd.conf if I remember correctly. It has been a long time since I last used SuSe.

The windows telnet client is rubbish. You really should be using ssh.