Telnet...

KevStA · 01-25-2002, 01:49 PM

Wasup everyone,

how do i setup telnet on my server. I want to be able to telnet to it, from colllege, but it says connection refused.

Any help is much appreciated.

neo77777 · 01-25-2002, 02:27 PM

If you've installed telnet server on your machine, the /etc/xinitd.d/telnet file has an entry disable=..., if it says yes change it to no, and you're done.

Scotty2435 · 01-25-2002, 08:16 PM

well not completely done you can either restart your computer or run this at terminal
service xinetd restart

tnordloh · 01-26-2002, 01:14 PM

Also, if you are using redhat and installed a firewall, you may have to kill it. In the gnome menu click on footprint->programs->system->firewall-config. Keep in mind that as a default you can't log on as root, so make sure you're not trying that.

KevStA · 01-26-2002, 01:56 PM

Thanks, you lot.

I have just re-installed redhat, enabled it so that telnet was aloud through the firewall.

Will i be able to telnet to it now?

hanzerik · 01-26-2002, 03:18 PM

Man there have been alot of telnet questions lately. People need to relize telnet is not secure by any means, and I would sujest they use ssh instead. Its more secure. Use telnet on computers that dont access the internet, and use ssh on computers that are connected to internet.

KevStA · 01-26-2002, 03:27 PM

Oh, yeah, I know that telnet is insecure...infact very insecure, But it is for me testing some stuff via my network, which is not connected to the internet.

KevStA · 01-26-2002, 03:43 PM

I dont mean to stress to everyone, but i cant seem to get telnet to connect to 127.0.0.1 , I'm not running as root, i have made sure that its enabled in /etc/xinetd/telnet .

i haven't got a firewall up, no worries, I'm not connected to the internet.

Anything, im doing wrong?

hanzerik · 01-26-2002, 03:49 PM

You mean you are trying to connect from one computer to another with 127.0.0.1? Aint gonna happen. 127.0.0.1 is your local loopback, you cant use that as an ip address for a computer. Now if you are on the machine that is running the telnet server yes that should work, but if you are trying to connect from a different computer its not.

Every computer has a loopback device with a ip of 127.0.0.1 even windows machines.

KevStA · 01-26-2002, 04:01 PM

ahh, nah, I didn't explain properly, i cant connect locally, so i cant connect through my network.

I know, what 127.0.0.1 is

but i cant seem to connect to myself, never mind through the network.

Any suggestions?

hanzerik · 01-26-2002, 04:11 PM

have you tried "telnet localhost.localdomain"?
localhost = hostname
localdomain = domain

You never know

KevStA · 01-26-2002, 04:30 PM

thanks for the help but Still, no luck.

I'll have a look around here, and if i still dont do it, I'll re-install linux. It must be something, I'm doing wrong, But what

.

Scotty2435 · 01-26-2002, 08:09 PM

you have to restart or run
service xinetd restart
after everytime you change the telnet config file

linuxkids · 01-26-2002, 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by hanzerik
You mean you are trying to connect from one computer to another with 127.0.0.1? Aint gonna happen. 127.0.0.1 is your local loopback, you cant use that as an ip address for a computer. Now if you are on the machine that is running the telnet server yes that should work, but if you are trying to connect from a different computer its not.

Every computer has a loopback device with a ip of 127.0.0.1 even windows machines.

So how to setup to let different computer to login the telnet server thks

trickykid · 01-26-2002, 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by linuxkids

So how to setup to let different computer to login the telnet server thks

have you read this thread, i think it basically points out how to setup telnet ?? are you wanting to setup your linux box to telnet into from another machine ?? personally if you are doing that and on the net, you might want to look into ssh, its better and more secure than just telnet.