The Telnet demon is run by root and decides from the Passwd file your permissions once logged in.
As default root cannot login without switching the option in a config file.
First check if the box is listening on port 23.
type: netstat -l | grep telnet
If it says LISTEN then it's running, if not then something is wrong with the demon.
Do you have a FTP server running, if so check you can login using the same login name.
If you get the same error then check your host.deny and host.allow files.
Also check your passwd file has the correct home directory and shell. (not restricted shell)
/Raz
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