Telnet Service on Suse Linux 8

[vicentell]

Hi there.

I have SUSE Linux Standar Server Version 8.
I need to be able to telnet and after run some scrips.
I checked under /etc/inetd.conf for some line that allow me enable telnet service. I did not found nothing, is there any other way to enable telnet service?

Thanks in advance

 

[stefanwagner]

well - telnet is inherently insecure, and therefore not used anymore, and replaced by ssh/ sshd.

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[vicentell]

I know telnet is not secure but there is a way to enable it, am I right? I did it on linex fedora, editing the inet configuration file due the application does not work with fedora I had to install Suse linux I tried to enable the same way as I did on fedora but I could not find the config file where telnet is disable.

If anyone can give me a hand on this. I will really appreciate thtat

 

[ericbrunson]

It may not be installed by default, the rpms usually enable it if it's installed. rpm -qa | grep telnet to see if it's installed. If it is, look in /etc/xinetd.d for a telnet/telnetd file to update.

 

[vicentell]

I did it here what I got after rmp -qa | grep telnet

telnet -1.0 -306

I tried to change directory to /etc/xinetd.d but such directory does not exist

there is a directory named inetd.d below /etc but the telnet file or directory is not there, any other idea?

 

[lgarner]

Look for /etc/inetd.conf then. Suse 8 is rather old, it might use the old style instead of xinetd.

 

[ericbrunson]

Plus, telnet is probably just the *client*, not the server. rpm -ql telnet will show you the contents and it probably doesn't include telnetd, which is the server. I don't have access to a SUSE box to confirm this, but you can pretty easily.