paluindian
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Problem regarding Telnet
Hi,
I was going through all telnet questions and answers in this forum...but I have very basic problem is I can not find telnet under /etc/xinetd.d even though I have installed telent ...I can find it by using rpm -qa | grep telnet and it gives me telnet.0.17-20. I can find telnet under /usr/bin/telnet. So I copied this file to /etc/xinetd.d/telnet but now telnet is not working.Previously telnet used to work from my machine but any other windows machine would not be able to telnet my machine. I don't know what could be the problem.
Again on my system I can not find in.telnetd.
It is always with my system...I can not find installed softwares where they are supposedto be according to documentation. Same happened while configuring samba...as I could not find my files under /usr/local/samba I messed all the configuration and eventually I uninstalled it all.
Please tell me what could be the problem for telnet and if possible for samba also.
Thank you,
Pallavi
I was going through all telnet questions and answers in this forum...but I have very basic problem is I can not find telnet under /etc/xinetd.d even though I have installed telent ...I can find it by using rpm -qa | grep telnet and it gives me telnet.0.17-20. I can find telnet under /usr/bin/telnet. So I copied this file to /etc/xinetd.d/telnet but now telnet is not working.Previously telnet used to work from my machine but any other windows machine would not be able to telnet my machine. I don't know what could be the problem.
Again on my system I can not find in.telnetd.
It is always with my system...I can not find installed softwares where they are supposedto be according to documentation. Same happened while configuring samba...as I could not find my files under /usr/local/samba I messed all the configuration and eventually I uninstalled it all.
Please tell me what could be the problem for telnet and if possible for samba also.
Thank you,
Pallavi
ASKER
Hi,
I am using Redhat 7.3 and I'm connected through gateway to Win2K box.
Here is my /etc/xinetd.conf looks like
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# Simple configuration file for xinetd
#
# Some defaults, and include /etc/xinetd.d/
defaults
{
instances = 60
log_type = SYSLOG authpriv
log_on_success = HOST PID
log_on_failure = HOST
cps = 25 30
}
includedir /etc/xinetd.d
__________________________
I can not see any telnet entry in this. I can see all the files in /etc/xinetd.d ...as i tol you earlier there was no file named 'telnet' in /etc/xinetd.d I copied it from /usr/bin/telnet...now I can not edit any telnet file also can not run it. It gives me error like "can not execute binary file"
Again there is not in.telnetd in /usr/sbin....:-(
I'm sad :-(
Can you elaborate more on how can I solve this problem.
How to reinstall xinetd?
Thank you
Pallavi
I am using Redhat 7.3 and I'm connected through gateway to Win2K box.
Here is my /etc/xinetd.conf looks like
__________________________
# Simple configuration file for xinetd
#
# Some defaults, and include /etc/xinetd.d/
defaults
{
instances = 60
log_type = SYSLOG authpriv
log_on_success = HOST PID
log_on_failure = HOST
cps = 25 30
}
includedir /etc/xinetd.d
__________________________
I can not see any telnet entry in this. I can see all the files in /etc/xinetd.d ...as i tol you earlier there was no file named 'telnet' in /etc/xinetd.d I copied it from /usr/bin/telnet...now I can not edit any telnet file also can not run it. It gives me error like "can not execute binary file"
Again there is not in.telnetd in /usr/sbin....:-(
I'm sad :-(
Can you elaborate more on how can I solve this problem.
How to reinstall xinetd?
Thank you
Pallavi
Ok, delete the /etc/xinetd.d/telnet file.
Check if installed telnet-serve-xxxx. If not, install it.
If it is installed and you don't have a /etc/xinetd/telnet file, then create it with the following content:
service telnet
{
flags = REUSE
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/telnetd
log_on_failure += USERID
}
I'm not sure if it is telnetd ot in.telnetd (It should be in.tel.., though)
If you get this file installed now, check for a "disabled=yes" line in it and change it to no.
Now restart xinetd
/etc/bin/telnet is the telnet client, not the serever
Check if installed telnet-serve-xxxx. If not, install it.
If it is installed and you don't have a /etc/xinetd/telnet file, then create it with the following content:
service telnet
{
flags = REUSE
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/telnetd
log_on_failure += USERID
}
I'm not sure if it is telnetd ot in.telnetd (It should be in.tel.., though)
If you get this file installed now, check for a "disabled=yes" line in it and change it to no.
Now restart xinetd
/etc/bin/telnet is the telnet client, not the serever
ASKER
Hi,
I'm sorry to irritate but I fully uninstalled telnet and again installed telnet-0.17-20.i386.rpm with command rpm -i telnet-0.17-20.i386.rpm. I think with this I should be able to get telnetd daemon but unfortuantelly I hava not succeeded in doing that. Please can you point out my mistake and tell me how should I start with my installation.
Thank You.
Pallavi
I'm sorry to irritate but I fully uninstalled telnet and again installed telnet-0.17-20.i386.rpm with command rpm -i telnet-0.17-20.i386.rpm. I think with this I should be able to get telnetd daemon but unfortuantelly I hava not succeeded in doing that. Please can you point out my mistake and tell me how should I start with my installation.
Thank You.
Pallavi
Can you check if /usr/sbin/in.telnetd is there ?
ASKER
no there is no file like /usr/sbin/in.telnetd.
I wonder why not?
I wonder why not?
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ASKER
Hi,
I installed telnet-server and now I can see all required files :-)
Hopefully now I can telnet it from windows machine also...I have to start the box and then I'll tell you whats happening.
Thank you for everything....will come up with more smaba questions now.
Pallavi
I installed telnet-server and now I can see all required files :-)
Hopefully now I can telnet it from windows machine also...I have to start the box and then I'll tell you whats happening.
Thank you for everything....will come up with more smaba questions now.
Pallavi
Any news ?
ASKER
Hi again,
I can not connect from my windows box.
I've changed disable=no still I can not telnet.
What will be the problem.
Pallavi
I can not connect from my windows box.
I've changed disable=no still I can not telnet.
What will be the problem.
Pallavi
ASKER
Hi again,
I can not connect from my windows box.
I've changed disable=no still I can not telnet.
What will be the problem.
Pallavi
I can not connect from my windows box.
I've changed disable=no still I can not telnet.
What will be the problem.
Pallavi
ASKER
Hi again,
I can not connect from my windows box.
I've changed disable=no still I can not telnet.
What will be the problem.
Pallavi
I can not connect from my windows box.
I've changed disable=no still I can not telnet.
What will be the problem.
Pallavi
ASKER
Hi again,
I can not connect from my windows box.
I've changed disable=no still I can not telnet.
What will be the problem.
Pallavi
I can not connect from my windows box.
I've changed disable=no still I can not telnet.
What will be the problem.
Pallavi
ASKER
Hi again,
I can not connect from my windows box.
I've changed disable=no still I can not telnet.
What will be the problem.
Pallavi
I can not connect from my windows box.
I've changed disable=no still I can not telnet.
What will be the problem.
Pallavi
Did you restart xinetd ?
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ASKER
hi,
good to know that...even i was surprised to see my questions posted so many times.
Anyway...yes I did restart the xinetd.
good to know that...even i was surprised to see my questions posted so many times.
Anyway...yes I did restart the xinetd.
Can you please post the result of
netstat -an | grep tcp
And also the content of your /etc/xinetd.d/telnet file
netstat -an | grep tcp
And also the content of your /etc/xinetd.d/telnet file
ASKER
output of netstat -an | grep tcp is as follows
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:32768 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:32769 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:9098 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:9099 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:139 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:111 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:6000 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:23 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 192.168.0.4:32785 216.239.57.100:80 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 192.168.0.4:32781 166.90.133.231:80 ESTABLISHED
Contents of /etc/xinetd.d/telnet
# 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
}
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:32768 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:32769 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:9098 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:9099 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:139 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:111 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:6000 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:23 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 192.168.0.4:32785 216.239.57.100:80 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 192.168.0.4:32781 166.90.133.231:80 ESTABLISHED
Contents of /etc/xinetd.d/telnet
# 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
}
ASKER
Hi,
Even I can not telnet windows box.
I checked /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hots.deny , those are empty.
what can be the problem?
Even I can not telnet windows box.
I checked /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hots.deny , those are empty.
what can be the problem?
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the /etc/xinetd/telnet file is a text file that tells xinetd what to do when port 23 is accessed. It should look something like:
service telnet
{
flags = REUSE
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/in.telnetd
log_on_failure += USERID
}
Also, it can be that telnet is disabled, so have a look at /etc/xinetd.conf and at /etc/xinetd files (they are all text files) and you'll figure out if telnet is defined and enabled :)
Probably you'll have to reinstall samba too.
If you tell us what distribution you are using, maybe we can tell you exactly how the configuration files are built.