Start telnet server help

[Greg Barniskis]

Garrett Cooper wrote:
> Did you actually add the pkg for the telnet server? Also, realize that 
> port 21 is the default listening port for telnet, so if you thought that 
> the open ports displayed is out of the ordinary, it's not really unless 
> you changed the listening port. Have you tried telnetting to yourself 
> (ie telnet localhost)?
> -Garrett

Umm... telnet will appear on port 23, actually. 21 is for ftp.

> On Wed, 6 Jul 2005, Efren Bravo wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> I've followed these steps to try to install telnet server but it 
>> doesn't works:
>> #sysinstall ->Option: "Configure"
>> ->Option: "Networking"
>> ->Option: "Inetd" : This option loads /etc/inetd.conf file where I 
>> uncommented the line:
>> telnet stream tcp nowait root .....
>> and at last I restart the system but when I make a ports scan it only 
>> has 21, 25 and 110 ports open.
>> How do I start telnet server?

Have you got a line indicating
inetd_enable="YES"
in your /etc/rc.conf?

If so, the telnet server should be operational given the config file 
edit you cite above. I don't believe it requires a separate package 
to be installed (4.x didn't, but 5.x might, I suppose). Rather than 
a port scan, you could test with some thing simpler, like

$ telnet localhost

Final note: telnet is "off by default" for a good reason (inherent 
insecurity). If you don't have a really good reason (e.g. "my 
priceless, irreplaceable legacy application requires telnet"), you 
should probably set yourself up to use SSH for remote logins instead.

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