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Re: can't telnet to localhost
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Carlson)
Thu Dec 3 01:01:02 1998
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 00:56:40 -0500
From: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com>
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Robert Joseph Wilshe wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I can't seem to telnet into my RH5.2 box. Whenever I try, it connects to
> the host sucessfully, but then states the connection was closed...
> instantly. From the console, I've tried 'telnet localhost', 'telnet
> 127.0.0.1', 'telnet machinename' ... everything. I've also tried
> telnetting to it from across the net: no luck still. I can ping all the
> above hostnames just fine though. I've looked at inet.conf, and telnet is
> not commented out. Local mail and other processes are working just fine.
For security reasons you cannot telnet in as root.
Do it as an ordinary user.
Telnet does not encrypt the password as you
type it: people on the internet can see the
password when you use telnet.
The latest version of ssh does not have this
problem.
You should never telnet across the internet -
get, install and use ssh for that.
Stay within a local network where you trust everyone
if you're going to use telnet. There are very clever
vandals out there....
>
>
> Any help would be appreciated! Thanks much,
>
> Robert Wilshe
> rwilshe@enteract.com
>
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