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Old 09-08-2008, 11:30 PM   #1
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how to disable telnet in RHEL4?


how to disable telnet in RHEL4?
 
Old 09-08-2008, 11:51 PM   #2
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To the best of my knowledge you can run:

/etc/init.d/telnet stop

at the command line to stop it.

If you want to stop it on reboots, you need to find out what run level you are running on (usually 3 or 5) and go into the /etc/rc.d/ folder and delete the telnet file (or remove the read permissions).

This will prevent the system from starting it on reboots.
 
Old 09-09-2008, 12:16 AM   #3
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In RHEL4 telnet is governed by xinet service. You can disable login by editing the file /etc/xinet.d/telnet.
You can have more control through this.

Else you can deny telnet logins from /etc/hosts.deny file as well.
 
Old 09-09-2008, 02:46 AM   #4
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thanks for all your reply.

I cannot find all your files given guys!
what I have here in RHEL4 is /etc/xinetd.d/

[root@localhost etc]# cd xinetd.d
[root@localhost xinetd.d]# ls
chargen daytime echo finger krb5-telnet rsync time-udp
chargen-udp daytime-udp echo-udp gssftp kshell tftp
cups-lpd dbskkd-cdb eklogin klogin ktalk time
[root@localhost xinetd.d]#

and I have this "krb5-telnet".

[root@localhost xinetd.d]# /etc/xinetd.d/krb5-telnet stop
bash: /etc/xinetd.d/krb5-telnet: Permission denied
[root@localhost xinetd.d]# cd /

[root@localhost /]# /etc/xinetd.d/krb5-telnet stop
bash: /etc/xinetd.d/krb5-telnet: Permission denied
[root@localhost /]#

[root@localhost /]# uname -r
2.6.9-55.ELsmp

I hope you can help me again...Thanks a lot

Last edited by RMLinux; 09-09-2008 at 02:50 AM.
 
Old 09-09-2008, 03:47 AM   #5
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You should edit the file /etc/xinetd.d/krb5-telnet and change "disable = yes". Then restart xinetd.
You can also use chkconfig to disable telnet.
Code:
chkconfig krb5-telnet off
For details take a look at chkconfig manpage
 
Old 09-09-2008, 03:47 AM   #6
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Create a file called telnet in /etc/xinet.d and copy the contents in it:

service telnet
{
flags = REUSE
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/in.telnetd
log_on_failure += USERID
disable = yes
}

You may want to edit them as per your requirement.
But the simple solution is to disable from /etc/hosts.deny file.
 
Old 09-09-2008, 03:54 AM   #7
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Create a file called telnet in /etc/xinet.d and copy the contents in it:

service telnet
{
flags = REUSE
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/in.telnetd
log_on_failure += USERID
disable = yes
}

You may want to edit them as per your requirement.
But the simple solution is to disable from /etc/hosts.deny file.
my friend i dont have /etc/xinetd.

I have /etc/xinetd.d/.

I will create that file on /etc/xinetd.d/ is that okay?
 
Old 09-09-2008, 03:56 AM   #8
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Yeah that was a typo mistake.
its xinetd.d
 
  


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