To enable Telnet access
 

I had RH Linux 7.1 installed on my machine. To enable or disable telnet or ftp access usually the user can edit inetd.conf in /etc directory ( RH Linux 6.2) . But i couldn't find this file in 7.1.
Could anyone please let me know as to how we can enable or disable telnet & ftp access.

Thanks.

Regards
Raghu Raman.

I've read multiple times that in RedHat inetd.conf was replaced by xinetd.conf. That's probably all.

That's correct. If I remember correctly, you should be able to go into /etc/xinetd.d (or something similar) and edit the file of the program you are trying to enable. I *think* there is an option in there that says "disable = yes" and you can change that to no.

happened to me too, when i first used 7.1 :) Couldnt help but think that inetd was much easier(xinetd got separate files for the ftp,telnet,pop,etc)...but xinetd is much more convenient and secure of course..

just dont forget to restart xinetd when you make the changes to the ftp file (at least i needed to remind myself the last time i did that he heh):)...

The easiest way IMO to enable and disable services is "ntsysv". Just type that logged in as root.. It's a men-driven program where you select and deselect things you do or do not want to run.

if for some reason you do not have the telnet file in the

/etc/xinet.d dir, here is what mine looks like:


service telnet

{

disable = yes

flags = REUSE

socket_type = stream

wait = no

user = root

server = /usr/sbin/in.telnetd

log_on_failure += USERID

}

Mine is Disabled....

rewt