telnet problem on Fedora Linux

I just installed Fedora Linux Core 4 and cannot telnet to it from my xp
box.
I can log into machine as root ok.
I have been reading that telnet and other services have been turned off
on Fedora as default.
I dont know how to start the telnetd or inetd services.

I dont see a telnetd or inetd process running at all.

I tried looking for /etc/inetd.conf file. Doesnt exist.

/etc/xinetd file doesnt exist either !

There is a directory called /etc/xinetd.d with following in it:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 308 Mar 28 2005 kshell
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 323 Mar 28 2005 krb5-telnet
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 310 Mar 28 2005 klogin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 326 Mar 28 2005 gssftp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 323 Mar 28 2005 eklogin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 523 Apr 20 2005 cvs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 317 May 17 2005 rsync


The RH Enterprise Linux & Fedora Core 4 book states to do this to start


service xinetd restart ### but this doest work => unrecognized
service



Does this mean that the telnet/inet package was left out at install
time ??


tia,

Sunil

Telnet is not secure as it is in clear text ... including the login. This is
why you do not see the standard telnet daemon anymore.
krb5-telnet is the kerberos supported version.
Also you will find that the ssh daemon is probably running as a default.

You should download puTTY for Windows and connect via ssh.

Note: root ssh login is disabled by default ... see your sshd.conf file for
details.


(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> I just installed Fedora Linux Core 4 and cannot telnet to it from my xp
> box.
> I can log into machine as root ok.
> I have been reading that telnet and other services have been turned off
> on Fedora as default.
> I dont know how to start the telnetd or inetd services.
>
> I dont see a telnetd or inetd process running at all.
>
> I tried looking for /etc/inetd.conf file. Doesnt exist.
>
> /etc/xinetd file doesnt exist either !
>
> There is a directory called /etc/xinetd.d with following in it:
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 308 Mar 28 2005 kshell
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 323 Mar 28 2005 krb5-telnet
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 310 Mar 28 2005 klogin
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 326 Mar 28 2005 gssftp
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 323 Mar 28 2005 eklogin
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 523 Apr 20 2005 cvs
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 317 May 17 2005 rsync
>
>
> The RH Enterprise Linux & Fedora Core 4 book states to do this to start
>
>
> service xinetd restart ### but this doest work => unrecognized
> service
>
>
>
> Does this mean that the telnet/inet package was left out at install
> time ??
>
>
> tia,
>
> Sunil

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(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> I just installed Fedora Linux Core 4 and cannot telnet to it from my
> xp box.
> I can log into machine as root ok.
> I have been reading that telnet and other services have been turned
> off on Fedora as default.
> I dont know how to start the telnetd or inetd services.

You must install them before they can be started:

yum install xinetd telnet-server
chkconfig xinetd on
chkconfig telnet on
service xinetd start

Additionally, you must open port 23 in the firewall on the Fedora
machine.
--
Markku Kolkka
(E-Mail Removed)

Great. Thanks for this.

I was wondering what to use for ssh from Windows. I will try putty. I
see that the sshd is running, but didnt know how to connect from
windows.

I understand that telnet is not secure, however, I need to enable
remote login capability, and telnet is a start.
The main requirement is to be able to log into the mysql database
remotely and I figured that telneting into the box would be good start.

I will keep group posted.

I was able to login with putty. Excellent.

So: I will try to install the telnet package to be able to log into the
server as a test. I can allways disbale the service I guess.

Thanks again for the help,

Sunil