How to install and configure the Telnet service under SuSELinux

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1. Check whether the SuSE Telnet service is installed (Telent-Server is not installed by default .)

# Chkconfig? List

The List displays the following information, indicating that the telnet service has been installed.

Xinetd based services:

Telnet: on

If telnet-server is not installed, install the software package in YaST (telnet-server is in CD2 ).

2. Start the telnet service:

# Chkconfig telnet on

3. confirm that the service has been started:

# Chkconfig? List

Xinetd based services:

Telnet: on

When the service is started, it is displayed as on.

4. modify the configuration file ftpusers so that the root user can log on.

# Cd/etc

# Mv securetty. bak

/Etc # vi ftpusers

Add a comment before the root so that the root user can log on.

# Root

Save and exit.

5. modify the number of telnet terminals that can be connected simultaneously.

# Cd/etc

# Vi xinetd. conf

Modify the number of instances:

Instances = 150

Save and exit.

6. Restart the service:

#/Etc/init. d/xinetd restart

Shutting down xinetd: done

Starting INET services. (xinetd)