[ale] Can't Telnet Into Debian 2.2

[Jeff Hubbs]

This worked!  I tell you, once you get wise to the ways of Debian, it
rocks!

Thank you very much!

- Jeff

"michael d. ivey" wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 10:51:20PM -0500, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> > I put this line in /etc/inetd.conf:
> >
> >       telnet  stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  in.telnetd
> 
> When you install the telnetd package, it should setup inetd for you.
> Try 'dpkg -l telnetd' and see if it is 'ii' status.  If not, then
> install it with 'apt-get install telnetd' or from the CD.
> 
> I'd also take out the line you put in by hand, if you haven't
> already...on debian, you can use 'update-inetd --enable telnet' to
> turn telnet on.
> 
> Standard caveats that you should be using SSH apply.
> 
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