From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 6 19:53:08 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 515BB16A41C for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 19:53:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from mail.scls.lib.wi.us (mail.scls.lib.wi.us [198.150.40.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF08F43D53 for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 19:53:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from [172.26.2.238] ([172.26.2.238]) by mail.scls.lib.wi.us (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j66JqSG1087756; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 14:52:28 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Message-ID: <42CC35E1.2010608@scls.lib.wi.us> Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 14:49:53 -0500 From: Greg Barniskis User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Garrett Cooper References: <42CC314D.1030306@dhl.co.cu> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Efren Bravo , freeBSD Subject: Re: Start telnet server help X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 19:53:08 -0000 Garrett Cooper wrote: > Did you actually add the pkg for the telnet server? Also, realize that > port 21 is the default listening port for telnet, so if you thought that > the open ports displayed is out of the ordinary, it's not really unless > you changed the listening port. Have you tried telnetting to yourself > (ie telnet localhost)? > -Garrett Umm... telnet will appear on port 23, actually. 21 is for ftp. > On Wed, 6 Jul 2005, Efren Bravo wrote: > >> Hi, >> I've followed these steps to try to install telnet server but it >> doesn't works: >> #sysinstall ->Option: "Configure" >> ->Option: "Networking" >> ->Option: "Inetd" : This option loads /etc/inetd.conf file where I >> uncommented the line: >> telnet stream tcp nowait root ..... >> and at last I restart the system but when I make a ports scan it only >> has 21, 25 and 110 ports open. >> How do I start telnet server? Have you got a line indicating inetd_enable="YES" in your /etc/rc.conf? If so, the telnet server should be operational given the config file edit you cite above. I don't believe it requires a separate package to be installed (4.x didn't, but 5.x might, I suppose). Rather than a port scan, you could test with some thing simpler, like $ telnet localhost Final note: telnet is "off by default" for a good reason (inherent insecurity). If you don't have a really good reason (e.g. "my priceless, irreplaceable legacy application requires telnet"), you should probably set yourself up to use SSH for remote logins instead. -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) , (608) 266-6348