telnet and ftp?
 

i'd like to telnet a linux8.0 machine but i get a message like :"connection refused"
no problem with ping
what to do?
any help is apreciated

It seems you don't have a telnet servier installed. BTW I rather recommend to install ssh, it's much more secure.

the documentation of red hat8.0 explain that the xinetd server
mange servers like telnet deamon and ftp deamon
so, when a user make a telnet request the xinetd server reply to this request by starting up te telnet deamon.
concernig me; the xinetd is started up.
what should be the problem?

The default setting for the "firewall" in RedHat is to deny telnet access. That is a wise position. Instead of using telnet to connect to your computer you should use SSH, as suggested, since it provides encryption and additional security.

If you need to connect from a Windows computer you can use PuTTy. It's a free SSH client for Windows. Get it here: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~s.../download.html

Håkan

Howzit

Take the advice from the last post. If u working from home and need telnet that might be fine but I suggest that u get into the habit in using ssh. Works like telnet except u have a secure connection from 1 box to the other, when I mena secure I mean that your passwords r nut passed in clear text. Need to copy from 1 box to the other use scp ot sftp.

chow