RE: No INETD.CONF file in /etc

["Alex Puye" <apuye frontier net>]

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: redhat-install-list-admin redhat com
>>[mailto:redhat-install-list-admin redhat com]On Behalf Of Pawan Tejpal
>>SA Intellectual Property Ptejpal Knowhow Informatics NIC
>>Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 4:49 AM
>>To: redhat-install-list redhat com
>>Subject: No INETD.CONF file in /etc
>>
>>
>>
>>Hello there
>>
>>Recently we have installed RH Linux 7 on a P-III Xeon
>>server. But we are not able to telnet this linux box. Though
>>we can ping this m/c from other computers. even web server
>>is also working.
>>
>>Today we noticed that there is no inetd.conf in /etc
>>directory. Why it is so? Earlier we had installed RH 6.2,
>>then this problem was not there. All services were working.

When you install RH 6.2, by default it installs inetd which has telnet
turned on out of the box (very insecure by the way). With RH 7.0, Red Hat
started using xinetd but it is not installed by default. You need to install
the package from the CD.

>>
>>When we telnet this LINUX box from other m/cs. connection
>>refused message appears.
>>
>>Please help me to sort out this problem.
>>
>>Pawan Tejpal
>>
>>
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