>Can you 'apt-get remove telnetd'? I mean, if you are going to have it >disabled, why not just uninstall it? Well, I could, but I was more concerned that I had xinetd configured properly. I found my problem, dumb mistake I had disable = telnet insteadof the correct "disabled". Once that was done xinetd worked properly controlling the previously installed telnetd. Thanks for the time to help! Scott