Ok i emerged sys-apps/xinetd. and it emerged
Then i re emerged net-misc/netkit-telnetd and that emerged

I did

and it now said starting xinetd...

Now when an try to telnet to that system (from a remote one), i now get a blank screen and then it goes back to my orginal prompt. So I guess something is happening, but I dont know whats going on??

Why don't things work straight up??

Do i need to edit anything with xinetd again?

my /etc/xinetd.conf file says the follwing:


defaults
{
only_from = localhost
instances = 60
log_type = SYSLOG authpriv info
log_on_success = HOST PID
log_on_failure =HOST
cps =25 30
}

includeddir /etc/xinetd.d

What do i need to do, in order to allow telnet?

Thanks.

Does anything weird show up in your log files? What happens if you try to telnet to localhost on that system?

Im not sure how to check the log file, (i am new to all this). I have telneted localhost, and it works. The thing is I am trying to telnet from a windows system, it shouldnt really make a difference, should it? When I try it the other way round it works.

Im not sure what to do next, i commented the line 'only_from = localhost', but the same thing happened aswell.

After commenting out that line, did you restart xinetd?

Acutally forget what i said... It did work, I commented that line out only_from=localhost. That worked. I just forgot to restart xinetd.

Thanks forr you help, cheers

No problem. Glad we got it sorted.

u have not installed xinetd. install the xinetd package and then follow the steps specified

vimal: I think he got that a few posts ago, lol.

Sorry, it's late (early), I'm tired.

I've noticed that everytime i boot into linux, i have to restart the xinetd. How do i get it to restart automatically?

Thanks

Do you mean that xinetd does not start, or that it starts, but won't work until you restart it?

xinetd will only start at boot time if there is a link to it in the right rcN.d folder.
You need to create a few symlinks:
/etc/rc2.d/S20xinetd -> /etc/init.d/xinetd
/etc/rc3.d/S20xinetd -> /etc/init.d/xinetd
/etc/rc4.d/S20xinetd -> /etc/init.d/xinetd
/etc/rc5.d/S20xinetd -> /etc/init.d/xinetd
/etc/rc6.d/K20xinetd -> /etc/init.d/xinetd

You may change 20 for whatever you want, it only affects the startup order. Be aware that interdependencies between the programs may cause problems if they are started in the wrong order.
Don't remove the S or K at the beginning of the name. This tells init wether to Start or Kill the program. When init goes to runlevel N, it starts programs linked in /etc/rcN.d/ and that start with S with the start argument. (eg. if you have '/etc/rc5.d/S20xinetd -> /etc/init.d/xinetd' and init goes to runlevel 5, it will execute '/etc/init.d/xinetd start') Programs that start with K work in the same way, but init starts them with the stop argument. (eg. when you will get to runlevel 6, init will execute '/etc/init.d/xinetd stop')

If these directories do not exist, or do not contain links named S<number><program> or K<number><program>, it means your system uses a different directory naming convention. Please don't try to create the symlinks mentioned above in that case.

FlashAsh99, since you're running Gentoo, a simple 'rc-update add xinetd default' will take care of that for you. (As root of course)

man u have not installed xinetd. please install it .after that install the telnet server. and edit the /etc/xinetd.d/telnet file and change "disable=yes" to "no". restart xinetd.

vimal: he's done it. he announced his problem was fixed about 6 posts ago.