Re: telnet

[Jeffrin <jeffrin@msservices.org>]

> I'm trying to setup a telnet daemon on a box running stable (I know, and
> I want to use ssh but the software we're using only knows about telnet. 
> It's a private lan too so I'm not too concerned.).  I've set everything
> up so inetd should spawn the telnet daemon but when I try to connect I
> get this error message:
> 
> 
> dixon@rowling:~$ telnet pig1
> Trying 172.16.1.153...
> Connected to pig1.seranoa.com.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> telnetd: getpty: No such file or directory
> .
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> dixon@rowling:~$ 

 Dear sir ,
             Telnetd operates by allocating a pseudo-terminal device
     to the client's request.Please check with the pty devices if possible.
     This may be the problem.
                                                                  -Jeffrin.

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