Re: Unable to telnet to localhost

["Mark Lanett" <mlanett@parrotchat.net>]

Better to leave it off. No reason to install an insecure program just
because of a test. If you want telnet-style functionality, use ssh.

What I do:

apt-get install ssh
# Note: install server as daemon

# disable crap in inetd
apt-get -y remove --purge talkd telnetd fingerd pidentd biff

~mark

> I can ping 127.0.0.1 but not telnet to it.  I'm guessing telnet
connectivity
> is turned off by default.  Where do I go to turn it on?  I haven't used
> telnet on my network before but it's suggested as a test in a HOW-TO I'm
> working through.