RE: telnet-server question

["Taylor, ForrestX" <forrestx taylor intel com>]

> Hey Forrest, I just read /var/log/messages and found nothing 
> referring to
> xinetd or telnet rather than the usual bootup and shutdown 
> messages. Here is
> my /etc/initd.d/telnet file:
> 
> # default: on
> # description: The telnet server serves telnet sessions; it uses \
> #       unencrypted username/password pairs for authentication.
> service telnet
> {
>         flags           = REUSE
>         socket_type     = stream
>         wait            = no
>         user            = root
>         server          = /usr/sbin/in.telnetd
>         log_on_failure  += USERID
>         disable         = no
> }
> > I originally posted this email to rhn-users list and they
> > suggested I send
> > it here. First off, I know ssh is more secure than telnet, 
> but I have
> > certain equipment that has to use telnet such as: In my
> > remote branches
> > connected to here (the main branch) via frame-relay I have 
> Serial dumb
> > terminals in my warehouse that connect via a async port to my
> > router. From
> > the router I can only telnet (So I have to leave telnet
> > open). My telnet
> > server is set for UNLIMITED connections and I am not running
> > IP-CHAINS or
> > IP-TABLES. Even though the telnet server is set for unlimited
> > sessions,
> > there are times when the server will not accept connections.
> > The only way I
> > can get it to continue accepting connections is restarting
> > xinetd. Is this a
> > common problem w/telnet? I saw a similar post to this
> > question, but it was
> > never answered. Do you know of a fix for this?

Where did you set the unlimited connections?
You may also want to set the debugging options, so that you can see what is
going on at the time that it refuses connections.

Forrest