[linux-help] Re: One-way-telnet

[Jeff Schaller <schaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Bruce Bales wrote:

> 
> Jeff Vian wrote:
> 
> > I would be concerned with why there is no inetd.conf file.  Maybe you
> > installed the os without all the networking tools.
> > Is inetd even installed?  /usr/sbin/inetd
> > also /usr/sbin/in.telnetd
> 
> Looks like I'd better reload red hat.  Neither of these files is in /usr/bin.

The /client/ shouldn't need telnetd in order for it to connect to
another system. In fact, a secure client wouldn't have telnetd or
any other services running at all. On all of the linux desktops I
use, I've disabled inetd completely. If I need to connect to it
remotely, I use ssh.


> > Did you reboot after modifying the network file?
> 
> No.

Good! All you have to do after editing inetd.conf is to send the
inetd process a SIGHUP (or start it if it wasn't already
running). Even after modifying network parameters, all you should
have to do is stop & start networking with the appropriate RC
scripts.

-jeff
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