opening telnet port

Rafael Morais <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Sorry for the basic question, but which command should I issue in
> order to open the telnet port from my computer??

First off, you shouldn't really be using telnet, use SSH instead.

To enable Telnet, often all that is required is to uncomment the line in
/etc/inetd.conf and run

killall -HUP inetd

You may need to let them through /etc/hosts.allow and hosts.deny.

You may also need to allow them through your firewall if you have one.

More information from you would help if you need more help.

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Hi guys,

Sorry for the basic question, but which command should I issue in
order to open the telnet port from my computer??

Thanks for the help
rafa

Rafael Morais uttered the immortal words:

> Sorry for the basic question, but which command should I issue in
> order to open the telnet port from my computer??

What are you trying to do? Start the telnet server (check out "man
xinetd.conf" or "man inetd.conf" depending on which you run) or connect to
a remote telnet server ("man telnet")? You should be running SSH instead of
telnet anyway.

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Andy.