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difference between telnetd and in.telnetd?

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Donald MacQueen

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Oct 4, 2002, 11:14:15 AM10/4/02
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i installed rh 7.3 and my telnet file in /etc/xinetd.d looks like this:

service telnet
{
flags = REUSE
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/in.telnetd
log_on_failure += USERID
disable = no
}

i have telnetd installed but not in.telnetd. what is the difference?

is in.telnetd just a renamed copy of telnetd?

if not, how do i install it?

a google groups search was no help.

thanks in advance.

Villy Kruse

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Oct 4, 2002, 12:06:30 PM10/4/02
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On Fri, 4 Oct 2002 11:14:15 -0400,
Donald MacQueen <dm...@erols.com> wrote:


>i installed rh 7.3 and my telnet file in /etc/xinetd.d looks like this:
>
>service telnet
>{
> flags = REUSE
> socket_type = stream
> wait = no
> user = root
> server = /usr/sbin/in.telnetd
> log_on_failure += USERID
> disable = no
>}
>
>i have telnetd installed but not in.telnetd. what is the difference?
>
>is in.telnetd just a renamed copy of telnetd?
>


It used to be telnetd, them somone thought it nice to make all internet
daemons get the in. prefix, so now we have in.telnetd as well, just
to emphasize that in.telnetd should not be called from the command line.


Villy

Donald MacQueen

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Oct 4, 2002, 2:07:29 PM10/4/02
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does that mean i can/should copy & rename telnetd to in.telnetd?

thanks for the answer.

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Eric P. McCoy

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Oct 4, 2002, 2:30:04 PM10/4/02
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"Donald MacQueen" <dm...@erols.com> writes:

> does that mean i can/should copy & rename telnetd to in.telnetd?

Please put your reply below the quoted text, as I have done.

No, it doesn't mean that. Change your xinetd.conf to reflect the
correct filename. If you don't want to change anything, do this:

# ln -s telnetd /usr/sbin/in.telnetd

That will make telnetd be a symbolic link to in.telnetd.

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Donald MacQueen

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Oct 4, 2002, 3:14:57 PM10/4/02
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"Eric P. McCoy" <ctr2...@cox.net> wrote in message
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> "Donald MacQueen" <dm...@erols.com> writes:

thanks very much.

ls0f

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Oct 5, 2002, 11:39:10 PM10/5/02
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"Donald MacQueen" <dm...@erols.com> wrote in message
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mainly the gnu telnetd was named telnetd and the netkit telnetd was
in.telnetd


xiang Lin

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May 16, 2023, 10:04:27 PM5/16/23
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in.telnetd seems for inetd only, inetd pass remote client's connected socket to in.telnetd's STDIN_FILENO, telnetd is a single deamon listen on port and accept connect, then process client by itself.

Carlos E.R.

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May 17, 2023, 6:40:21 AM5/17/23
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On 2023-05-17 04:04, xiang Lin wrote:
> 在 2002年10月6日星期日 UTC+8 11:39:10，<ls0f> 写道：

Please! Didn't you notice that you are replying to a post from year
2002? More than two decades ago?
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Dan Purgert

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May 17, 2023, 7:36:39 AM5/17/23
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On 2023-05-17, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> On 2023-05-17 04:04, xiang Lin wrote:
>> 在 2002年10月6日星期日 UTC+8 11:39:10，<ls0f> 写道：
>
> Please! Didn't you notice that you are replying to a post from year
> 2002? More than two decades ago?

The post just made it through the great firewall :)


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Marc Haber

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May 17, 2023, 9:59:29 AM5/17/23
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"Carlos E.R." <robin_...@es.invalid> wrote:
>On 2023-05-17 04:04, xiang Lin wrote:
>> ? 2002?10?6???? UTC+8 11:39:10?<ls0f> ???
>
>Please! Didn't you notice that you are replying to a post from year
>2002? More than two decades ago?

Known UX issue with google groups. google doesn't care.

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Carlos E.R.

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May 17, 2023, 3:16:24 PM5/17/23
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On 2023-05-17 15:59, Marc Haber wrote:
> "Carlos E.R." <robin_...@es.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2023-05-17 04:04, xiang Lin wrote:
>>> ? 2002?10?6???? UTC+8 11:39:10?<ls0f> ???
>>
>> Please! Didn't you notice that you are replying to a post from year
>> 2002? More than two decades ago?
>
> Known UX issue with google groups. google doesn't care.

I know it is google groups, but unless we tell the posters committing
this crime, they will never know and continue doing it.

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