Enabling telnet

[Craig White]

On Sun, 2006-11-19 at 23:47 +1030, Tim wrote:
> Tim:
> >> See if this helps you:
> >>
> >> <http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch16_:_Telnet,_TFTP,_and_xinetd#Setting_Up_A_Telnet_Server>
> 
> 
> Paul Smith:
> > Thanks, Tim. Following the suggested HOWTO, I get this:
> > 
> > # /sbin/chkconfig telnet on
> > error reading information on service telnet: No such file or directory
> > #
> 
> Do you have the telnet *server* software installed?  It's separate from
> the telnet client package.
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clearly not what he wants/needs - follow the thread.

also, previous suggestion to check firewall is not reasonable since he
is trying to connect to 127.0.0.1

Craig