90% sure that it was
off on my Slackware server after install (100% sure that it's off now).
And my Ubuntu 6.06 does not have a telnet server installed by default, so that's off as well.
But it might depend on your distro and I suggest that you check using
netstat -a
Code:
root@btd-techweb01:~# netstat -a
Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
tcp 0 0 *:time *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:3306 *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:submission *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 localhost:http *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:auth *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:ftp *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:ssh *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:telnet *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:smtp *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:https *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 232 btd-techweb01.mca.n:ssh 03rnbw-ixjshh:iclpv-nlc ESTABLISHED
udp 0 0 *:biff *:*
udp 0 0 *:time *:*
Active UNIX domain sockets (servers and established)
Proto RefCnt Flags Type State I-Node Path
unix 5 [ ] DGRAM 72 /dev/log
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 2149 /var/run/mysql/mysql.sock
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 2177 /dev/gpmctl
unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 144 @udevd
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 63481
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 63480
unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 2119
unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 2115
unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 75
If you don't see the highlighted line, the telnet server is not running.
telnet
