Re: /etc/inetd.conf file

[Devon <devon tuxfan homeip net>]

> On Sat, 1 Sep 2001, pacho wrote:
> >> >the daemon is working or it would never answer me "connection
> >> > refused". typing "chkconfig --list" telnetd is working.
> >> >so the problem is the port 20/23 are closed. i run nmap and it
> >> > showed me. i'm still waiting for any answer by redhat support.
> >> > they asked me to do some checks with no success till now

Sorry to jump onboard so late in the game on this one, but I've 
intended to reply since I saw this post and it slipped my mind.

Connection refused has no bearing on the daemon listening, or even 
existing on the machine in question. 
For example, I don't even have the telnet-server package installed.
# rpm -qa | grep telnet
telnet-0.17-18

However, if I try to telnet to localhost:
# telnet localhost
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused

So, to the poster who asked the question, can you show us the output of 
'chkconfig --list telnet' please? 

Then, please run the following 3 commands:
/sbin/service xinetd stop
/sbin/service xinetd start
tail -50 /var/log/messages and post the output from the xinetd restart.

-D