telnet help for redhat linux

[maryam421]

Hi,
I am trying to trying to set telnet service for my newly redhat linux server 8.1
So far I have changed the entry disable = no in telnt and telnetd files.
When I check chkconfig --list, it does show telnet and telnetd on.
when I can ping any server within the network but when I try to telnet the linux server it is not allowing me to do that giving me the following message:

Connecting To 192.168.0.113...Could not open a connection to host on port 23 : Connect failed.


I can telnet to different servers from this server but other server cannot.
I also changed the hosts.allow file and put the ipaddress of the other servers.
But no use.
Any help would greatly be appreciated.
I am very new to this subject.
Thanks

 

[Trekkie]

Have checked if the firewall is up 'n running...try this ntsysv in command prompt.

G.L.

T.k.

 

[maryam421]

Thanks for replying.
There are too many entries in it. Which one I should look for?
Once again thanks for your help.

 

[sedj]

Do you even know if telnetd is running ?

netstat -a |grep LISTEN

and look for a service listening on "*:23" or "*:telnet"

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[jstreich]

If the server is running (see sedj's post), and your not getting a responce, try to telnet from the machine to that machine using the loopback:

telnet 127.0.0.1
Check /var/log/messages for dropped packages
If your running a firewall, is it hardware or software?
  Software:
     Your probably using iptables (even if indirectly).
  Hardware:
     Log in using the web interface or software that came with it and allow access to port 23.  You may have to set up port forwarding.

 

[ianicr]

You might also be better off with SSH as telnet is notoriously insecure...