Where's telnet?

[Bill Mullen]

Brenda A. Bell wrote:
> I know I'm going to feel really stupid after I get the answer...
>
> but where is the telnet server on Linux?
>
> I'm running Drake 8.2 and tried to invoke telnet to test some qmail
> stuff and couldn't get a connection.  I did a ps looking for telnet
> (expecting to see something like telnet-server) and there was nothing
> there.  I searched /etc/rc.d looking for a startup script and couldn't
> find one.  I ran rpmdrake looking for one that was either installed or
> installable and couldn't find one.

moon at server:~$ locate telnet
/var/ftp/pub/mandrake82/Mandrake/RPMS/telnet-client-krb5-1.2.2-17mdk.i586.rp
m
/var/ftp/pub/mandrake82/Mandrake/RPMS2/telnet-server-krb5-1.2.2-17mdk.i586.r
pm
/var/ftp/pub/mandrake82/Mandrake/RPMS2/ktelnet-0.7b1-13mdk.i586.rpm
/var/ftp/pub/mandrake82/Mandrake/RPMS2/gnome-telnet-2.4-3mdk.i586.rpm
moon at server:~$

"urpmi telnet-client-krb5 telnet-server-krb5" (at a root prompt) ought to do
it. If you're running the 8.2 PowerPack, these could well be some of the
infamous "missing packages" that are in the d/l edition but not in the
PowerPack; they can be found at any MDK miror site easily enough.

Telnet-server is not installed by default because it is so horribly
insecure; openssh is strongly recommended in its place. The
telnet-client-krb5 package is all you need to perform the tests to which you
refer. The connection should be answered by qmail, not the telnet server, if
qmail is properly configured and you type "telnet localhost 25" (for
example).

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Bill Mullen
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