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by **Quek** » Tue, 31 Jul 2001 15:30:13

Hi all,

I have just instaled Redhat 7.1 and I have problem telnet to my server.
The error message I got said "telnet:unable to connect to remote
host:Connection failed". I have disabled the firewall and when I typed "rpm
-q telnet" I got this message saying "telnet:-0.17-10". Does this means
that my telnet service is on? What areas should I looked in? I'm able to
surf internet from my server and I'm able to ping to my server. Thanks for
your help in advance.

Best Regards,
Quek

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by **c..** » Wed, 01 Aug 2001 03:38:53

> Hi all,

> I have just instaled Redhat 7.1 and I have problem telnet to my server.
> The error message I got said "telnet:unable to connect to remote
> host:Connection failed". I have disabled the firewall and when I typed "rpm
> -q telnet" I got this message saying "telnet:-0.17-10". Does this means
> that my telnet service is on? What areas should I looked in? I'm able to
> surf internet from my server and I'm able to ping to my server. Thanks for
> your help in advance.

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The problem could be on the server's side. They may not be running a
telnet demon. A real quick check to see if telnet is working is for you
to telnet your own machine. From what I understand, a lot of people don't
like to run telnetd anymore for security reasons.
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by **Michael Lee Yoh** » Wed, 01 Aug 2001 04:19:42

Quote:> I have just instaled Redhat 7.1 and I have problem telnet to my server.
> The error message I got said "telnet:unable to connect to remote
> host:Connection failed". I have disabled the firewall and when I typed "rpm
> -q telnet" I got this message saying "telnet:-0.17-10". Does this means
> that my telnet service is on? What areas should I looked in? I'm able to
> surf internet from my server and I'm able to ping to my server. Thanks for
> your help in advance.

cat /etc/xinetd.d/telnet

service telnet
{
disable = no
flags = REUSE
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/in.telnetd
log_on_failure += USERID

Quote:}

On your system, is disable set to yes? If so - change to "no" and then
save. Then type /etc/init.d/xinetd restart

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by To » Wed, 01 Aug 2001 10:23:11

Quote:> Hi all,

> I have just instaled Redhat 7.1 and I have problem telnet to my server.
> The error message I got said "telnet:unable to connect to remote
> host:Connection failed". I have disabled the firewall and when I typed "rpm
> -q telnet" I got this message saying "telnet:-0.17-10". Does this means
> that my telnet service is on? What areas should I looked in? I'm able to
> surf internet from my server and I'm able to ping to my server. Thanks for
> your help in advance.

> Best Regards,
> Quek

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I believe that `rpm -qa | grep telnet` should return 2 entries:
telnet
telnet-server

Looks like you may be missing the telnet server. Also, check
/etc/xinetd.d/telnet and make sure that disabled=no

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