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Re: I broke telnetd



I (and I'm sure many others) recommend ditching telnetd and using sshd
instead.  No more clear text passwords boradcast over your localnet yay!
This is especially a good idea if this is a server.
--mike
On 10 Aug 2001 08:47:27 -0600, Joel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was trying to install the latest version of telnetd.  I thought that dpkg 
> would stop the install if my dependencies weren't met.  That didn't happen, 
> however, and now telnetd is broken.  This machine has not had upgrades for 
> two years, so I'm scared to try updating things like libc6 and such 
> (thinking other things will get broken).  We are about to replace this 
> server with a new one anyway.
> 
> I noticed that I had version 0.12 installed previously.  Can I find that 
> version in a deb package anywhere?
> 
> Please copy your answers to joel@hurdmanivr.com.
> 
> Thanks,
> Joel
> 
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