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madkayak

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I can't seem to beable to telnet myself (never mind anyone else) it just says unable to connect: connection refused?

how can I change this?
Thanks
Sandy
 
the problem is that the telnet server is disabled. to fix this you will need to be logged in as root


go into the /etc/xinetd.d folder and modify the file telnet

change the line
disabled = yes
to
disable = no

then run the command
/etc/init.d/xinetd restart

However if this system is on the 'net, I suggest you use SSH instead. Its a lot more secure.
 
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