Re: update-inetd problem

[Shaul Karl <shaulka@bezeqint.net>]

> On Sat, 14 Oct 2000, Shaul Karl wrote:
> 
> > > # update-inetd --add telnet
> > > The entry definition does not contain any whitespace characters!
> > > 
> > > What does this message mean? What am I doing wrong?
> > > 
> > I do not understand you well, can you write the context of what you are doing?
> > Anyway, if you are just trying to run update-inetd and are getting this 
> > message then you might check the possibility that the script is broken.
> 
> I am running Debian 2.2., a new installation (my first). I would like to
> add telnet to the services of inetd.conf. The file cautions me to use only
> update-inetd to do this.
> 
> My general question is 'How do I use update-inetd to add telnet to my
> inetd.conf services?' I have read the update-inetd man page and the
> associated man pages and it is still not clear.
> 


I am not sure but I believe that if telnet is not enabled by default then you 
should
	update-inetd --enable telnet
because the entry is there and all one has to do is to enable it.


> Thanks,
> Dwight
> --
> Dwight Johnson
> dwj@aaronsrod.com
> 

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	Shaul Karl <shaulka@bezeqint.net>