Q. How do I install and start telnet service / server under Ubuntu Linux?
A. Telnet is an insecure service. It is recommended that you use ssh service. However sometime telnet server or service is needed. Here are instructions to enable telnet:
Install telnetd server
$ sudo apt-get install telnetd
Restart inetd service:
$ sudo /etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd restart
You should now be able to telnet to the server from Windows or Linux desktop system to Ubentu Linux telnet server. Type the following command to connect to Telnet server:
$ telnet ubentu-linux-server-ip
$ telnet 192.168.1.200
$ telnet ubentu.mydomain.com
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I tried this with ubuntu feisty fawn and it din’t work, it says
sudo: /etc/init.d/inetd: command not found
I have telnetd installed
sudo /etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd restart:)
Running Telnet Server differs as per Linux OS you use.
If your Telnet server is not starting or you find “Connection refused…” try this for DEBIAN LINUX
sudo /etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd restart
Now try telnet..
SMile now :-)
Raghav
I’ve just installed Ubuntu Server 7.04 as LAMP & set the /etc/inetd.conf file as specified & when I try to restart the process:
sudo /etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd restart
I get “command not found” What have I done wrong?
tnx,
Phil Karras
Install by command sudo apt-get install openbsd-inetd and then put the command sudo telnet ip-address it will work
that means that openbsd-inetd isn’t installed =)
sudo apt-get install telnetd
I would like to run telnetd, but only
on one ethernet interface (so that telnet
will be refused on every other interface).
Is there any advice on how to do this,
or hidden pitfalls? (Apart of course
from running telnet at all. But there’s
one network which i think is safe.)
hmm, I can’t connect to anything :O it’s just saying “Trying [ip_adress]…”
after that, I get a timeout :/
It works!
Thank YOU
Gracias amigo, me saco de apuros
Thank You :-)
Thank you man
you’re the best
It really works… thanks a lot dude.. I’m trying this from a month ago and it was not working.
It was really a great…. thanks once again.
while trying this command : sudo /etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd restart
I got this message:
* Restarting internet superserver inetd
* Not starting internet superserver: no services enabled
However I have installed the telnetd successfully by using this command:
sudo apt-get install inetutils-telnetd
Hi,
I ran following two commands on my laptop running edubantu
$ sudo apt-get install telnetd
$ sudo /etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd restart
Then I went to my Windows XP laptop and tried to ping/telnet the edubantu IP address but it does not recognize that.
Am I missing some thing.
-Parul
thanks . I was searching for it.
Muy util, me ha servido de maravilla. Muchas gracias! :)
Thnx buddy… it helped me… thats the nice one… :)
worked also on ubuntu 14.04 lts server, thanks