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If you don't know about telnet, don't use it. Telnet is the predecessor to SSH and is not enabled on most new systems for a good reason. EVERYTHING over telnet is sent "in the clear" (that is, unencrypted). SSH has all the functionality of telnet, and then some. If you really want to use telnet after all this, you'll need to install the telnet server package. I'm not sure which that is under Fedora, but I'm sure a quick search through an RPM site will find it.
However i can only login as a normal user and it wouldn't allow me to
login as root
The telnet file of the machine read as :
# default: on
# description: The telnet server serves telnet sessions; it uses \
# unencrypted username/password pairs for authentication.
service telnet
{
flags = REUSE
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/in.telnetd
log_on_failure += USERID
disable = no
}
Do i have to edit the file so as to be able to login as root?
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