Telnet Connection Refused

[sheel]

I just installed Redhat 7.0 Linux. But everytime i telnet localhost or Ip to Linux i get error message
Telnet: unable to connect remote host: Connection refused.

Thankyou in advance....

 

[d3funct]

Is the telnet daemon (telnetd) running? Run ps -ef |grep telnetd to check. Also check /etc/services to make sure it is not commented out with a "#" on the "telnet" service stanza, and check /etc/inetd.conf for the same thing. d3funct
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The software required `Windows 95 or better', so I installed Linux.

 

[amikeliunas]

There are 2 files you should check that they not have a #
as the first character (comment)

/etc/services
/etc/inetd.conf

If they are commented out, uncomment them. Just note
that you are opening an insecure service to you network!

 

[butchrecon]

You must delete the file "securetty" under /etc. (type rm /etc/securetty) Once that file has been removed you should be able to telnet in.

Hope this helps