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can't telnet to self in Mandrake 8.1

I met same question but not be solved today.
I use the Mandrake 8.1 and install full package.
And I had checked the /etc/services and I ping the localhost
have no any problem.
I can ftp to localhost
can ping to localhost
but telnet get the answer 'telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused'

I had entered 'ALL:LOCAL' and 'ALL:127.0.0.1'
in the file '/etc/hosts.allow'

I try my best but can't telnet to self.

PLEASE DELETE MY ACCOUNT AND ALL ITS DATA PLEASE DELETE MY ACCOUNT AND ALL ITS DATA

I don't know if mandrake uses inetd or xinetd.
If it's inetd, edit the /etc/inetd.conf file and uncomment (IE: Remove the # char) the telnet line. Then, killall -HUP inetd.

This is because telnet is not currently enabled on your system.

If mandrake uses xinetd, well, I've never used it, but there's a configuration file related to the telnet service. It's probably marked as "not enabled" in it (Open it with a text editor, If I'm not mistaken, /etc/xinetd/telnet or something like this, I've only seen this one time when one friend was working with his RedRat machine). After finding this out, restart xinetd as well.

You don't have to add that line to hosts.allow. If there's nothing in hosts.deny, then by default it's all authorized.

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