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Unable to connect thru telnet

netstat -na | grep :23 does not give any output.
That means my xinetd is not listening ?
How do I make it listen ?

I have installed telnet
And my /etc/xinetd.d/telnet file looks like

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

Also note, ps -ef | grep xinetd gives nothing.
Does it mean xinet is not running ?
I did do xinet restart and it says xinetd started succesfully.

MFCRich

Can you telnet to the machine from itself?

>> telnet localhost

If you can then it may be that you have some firewall rules in place on the machine (or its gateway). It could also be that you have some access restrictions in '/etc/xinet.conf'

chazhs

ASKER

telnet localhost also gives connection refused error. (same error as above)

cincin77

have you installed telnet server which is not installed by default?

chazhs

ASKER

Yes, I did. rpm -q telnet-server says telnet installed.Thanks!

cincin77

the script that deals with xinetd should be under /etc/init.d

go to that directory and issue;
./xinetd status
if it says that it does not work, issue
./xinetd start

hope this helps...

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chazhs

ASKER

Thankyou Sir! That was the problem.
Telnet was off.
Turned it on now, and everything looks great :)
Thanks for yours and everyones help!!!

chazhs

ASKER

Thankyou Sir! That was the problem.
Telnet was off.
Turned it on now, and everything looks great :)
Thanks for yours and everyones help!!!

chazhs

ASKER

Thankyou Sir! That was the problem.
Telnet was off.
Turned it on now, and everything looks great :)
Thanks for yours and everyones help!!!