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Re: Authentication for telnet.



On Tue, Oct 01, 2019 at 09:12:42PM -0700, peter@easthope.ca wrote:
> From: Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net>, Tue, 1 Oct 2019 09:48:09 +0300
> > 2) echo 'telnet  stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/telnetd -a none -E /bin/bash' >> /etc/inetd.conf
> 
> peter@joule:~$ grep telnet /etc/inetd.conf
> #<off># telnet	stream	tcp	nowait	root	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/sbin/telnetd -a none -E /bin/bash
> 
> Not sure #<off># should be there.  Have yet to find an explanation for it.

No, it should not be there because it disables telnetd this way. Hence
aforementioned "echo" command above. 

Reco


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