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| baba4140 2003-08-01, 3:16 pm |
| Hi all,
Can someone tell me how to enable telnet program on Linux 7.1 or 8.0 ?
Trying to access my Linux box from office.
Thanks. | |
| Boulware5 2003-08-01, 9:09 pm |
| Don't use telnet; use ssh!!! Passwords are transfered in clear text when using telnet. But if you must use it, you enable it this way:
In /etc/xinetd.d open up the file "telnet". Change the line "diable = yes" to disable = no. Then restart xinetd with /etc/init.d/xinetd restart
Once again, this is a huge security risk, especially with all the scanning going on lately. Use SSH. Here's how:
(as root)
chkconfig --level 35 sshd on
That will enable ssh during run levels 3 (command line) and 5 (X). | |
| xonkers 2003-08-03, 3:08 am |
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| baba4140 2003-08-07, 4:48 pm |
| Thanks the reply,really helpful... |
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