Enabling Telnet on Slackware
As many users have found out, telnet comes disable by default in a Slackware installation. If you ever find a need to turn in on, here's how:
1) Uncomment the 'telnet' line from /etc/inetd.conf. vi /etc/inetd.conf 2) Restart the inetd server. ps -ef |grep inetd # find inetd and take note of its PID number kill -HUP 'PID number of inetd' 3) Test. telnet localhost |
As a note, there is a file (/var/run/inetd.pid) that contains inetd pid so to simply restart inetd, I do :
kill -HUP `cat /var/run/inetd.pid` |
And for the lazy: "killall -HUP inetd".
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Re: Enabling Telnet on Slackware
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There's a reason it's disabled: it's spectacularly insecure! Use ssh instead. It comes enabled by default because it's ... better. But, while you're nosing around in /etc/inetd.conf, be sure to comment out the ftp line. Then use sftp instead :-) Enjoy! --- Cerbere |
Of course!
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I think Cerebere's warning was very correct and appropriate.
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I didn't post here to preach, nor to enter into a flame war, but rather to add some relevant information which you omitted. And no matter what your political affiliation, I find it highly inappropriate to attempt to shout down a differing opinion. Perhaps you should review the rules you agreed to when you registered for this forum, specifically: Quote:
--- Cerbere |
I was trying to be funny, bro. Apparently this was lost on you. I have edited my response so that future misunderstandings may not happen.
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