Monday, May 12, 2008

Enabling Telnet On Linux

Enabling Telnet On Linux
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vi /etc/xinetd.d/telnet

disable=no

(or)

chkconfig telnet on

chkconfig --list|grep telnet (checking weather enable or not)

service xinetd reload

enabling telnet on root
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vi /etc/securetty

Add pts/o to pts/9


enabling ftp
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chkconfig vsftpd on

chkconfig --list | grep vsftpd

service vsftpd start

enabling ftp on root
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delete root from vi /etc/vsftpd.ftpusers

delete root from vi /etc/vsftpd.user_list

1 comment:

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I was also looking for how to enable Telnet On Linux.I opened telnet file using vi /etc/xinetd.d/telnet and set diable=no how to make sure if this is saved and set.I think a telnet command is enough to ensure this.Right