[KLUG Members] Enabling Telnet on Suse 9.2 Prof

[Chester Wisniewski]

Sanjay Chigurupati wrote:

>
> Hi,
> I am trying to run telnet server on Suse 9.2 prof and am not able to 
> do it.
>
> New to Suse. Have used redhat before.
> By default telnet seems to be disabled. I am in a private network , so 
> I guess it should be ok.
>
> I installed telnet server software package using YAST.
>
> For enabling telnet server, I opened up YAST and went to the network 
> services (inetd)
>  and switched on telnet and clicked on finish.
>
> I even rebooted, but could not get it up. ps aux | grep telnet doesnt 
>  list telnet service.
>
> I did chmod a+x  in /etc/xinet.d  for  telnet file.
>
> In redhat, I would have used sbin/chkconfig to turn on service,
>
> Could some one please help me out?
>
> Thanks,
> Sanjay
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When using xinetd services are not launched until they are used. You 
will not see a telnetd service until you actually telnet into the box. 
Have you tried telnetting to localhost?

cw