Re: Using telnet and ftp

[Carl Riches <riches ms washington edu>]

You can determine whether or not your machine is configured to enable
telnet and ftp with the commands (as root):

  /sbin/chkconfig --list telnet
  /sbin/chkconfig --list wu-ftpd

This will tell you whether or not the control files for these services
(located in /etc/xinetd.d/) allow xinetd to listen to these connections.
If they are turned on, you may need to HUP your xinetd process.  If they
are not turned on, use these commands (as root) to turn them on:

  /sbin/chkconfig telnet on
  /sbin/chkconfig wu-ftpd on

then HUP xinetd.

However you should be advised that that these services are insecure,
sending your password over the network in the clear.  It is better to use
ssh instead of telnet and scp or sftp instead of ftp.

Carl G. Riches
Software Engineer
Department of Mathematics
Box 354350			voice:     206-543-5082 or 206-616-3636
University of Washington	fax:       206-543-0397
Seattle, WA  98195-4350		internet:  riches ms washington edu


On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Liger-dc wrote:

> Mike,
>   Thanks for your help. But It still says connection
> refused. If I try to connect to the box that I'm on,
> I'll call it apps, from itself using ftp and telnet,
> it works. It just wont from any other computer on the
> subnet that I've included in the hosts.allow.
> Edson Manners
> ACSN - FSU
>
>
>
> --- Mike Muscato <muscato home com> wrote:
> > You must also enable telnet and ftp in the
> > /etc/xinetd.d directory. In the
> > telnet file add the line "disable = no" at the end,
> > and do the same in the
> > tftp file. (One of these already has the "disable"
> > line in it, but it's set
> > to "yes"...don't remember which one it is) This
> > should allow the boxes that
> > you named in hosts.allow to get in with telnet or
> > ftp.
> >
> > Mike M
> > -------------------------
> > Mike Muscato
> >
> > **When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.**
> > ----------------------------
> > on 6/13/01 12:49 PM, Liger-dc at liger_dc yahoo com
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I am having trouble ocnfiguring my Linux 7.1 box
> > for
> > > telnet and ftp access. If I run telnet or ftp on
> > the
> > > linux box itself it works but when I do it
> > externally
> > > (from another computer) I get an error message
> > saying
> > >
> > > Trying:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> > > telnet: unable to connect to remote host:
> > Connection
> > > refused.
> > >
> > > I have included the boxes that shgould have acces
> > in
> > > my hosts.allow. What else should I do?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for any help that is available.
> > >
> > > Edson Manners
> > > ACNS - Florida State University
> > >
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