telnet, ftp, and Fedora core 3

Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org
Mon Mar 14 04:09:01 UTC 2005


On Sun, Mar 13, 2005 at 07:51:49PM -0800, Betty Chang wrote:
> Hi -- how do I get fedora core3 to be configured to run telnet and ftp
> servers?
> I've played around with the Services configuration screen, and the security
> settings, but somehow I cannot get an
> ftp or a telnet going.

Do you really need telnet? This is generally considered to be an outdated
protocol, since it's all in plain text (including passwords). The
alternative, ssh, should be set up and ready to go already.

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Matthew Miller           mattdm at mattdm.org        <http://www.mattdm.org/>
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