-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 12 January 2004 22:08, Dennis McCracken wrote: > I've installed Fedora core 1 on a desktop system for "Workstation". > Anaconda worked well with my system. I have the network up and running and > I'm able to surf the web etc... > > When I try to telnet into the system from my NT box I get rejected. This > feels like a security issue but I've tried several tools provided as part > of Fedora and I've gotten nowhere after two hours of searching for an > answer. I'm sure someone here knows the answer. It's probably some default > setting that needs to be changed. Obligatory warning: Telnet is evil, move to ssh. Works just like telnet except the data is transparently encrypted. It also has some fantastic powers to teleport X apps around. Everyone else replied with great answers before I could finish this :-). The only thing I didn't see mentioned: - As Telnet is universally acknowledged to encourage evil, the service telnetd is not enabled by default. Check that you have it installed rpm -q telnet-server - -Andy -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAAx9RjKeDCxMJCTIRAoRTAJ9YDDMFo6kE/rSeFo6sYmsy8zkYqwCeJxS5 WZzib3hLldjsVNkHZyyTXec= =d03+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
