go to xinet.d directory and edit telnet file to enabled it. telnet is by default disabled even though you have installed it. restart xinetd. On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 10:28:49 +0100, Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Sun, 2004-09-12 at 05:03, Jeff Vian wrote: > > On Sat, 2004-09-11 at 18:22, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > > > No, it does not reload but restart, means stop and start. To enable the > > > telnet server through xinetd the proper command is > > > > > > service xinetd reload > > > > > > which reloads by sending a kill -HUP to the process. > > > > > > > Mike Burger > > > > > Alexander > > > > Please explain any (important to the end user) differences between > > reload and restart. > > > > Although the process to get there is slightly different, as I understand > > it the end result is the same. The daemon is running with the new > > configuration. > > > > Thus, unless I am completely lost here, it really makes no difference to > > the user which method is used to reach the same goal. > > > > Your explanation above, while technically correct, is irrelevant to the > > end result in this case. > > Not quite; whilst the state of the services is the same at the end, the > state during the changeover is different. Doing a reload is not only > faster, but all unaltered services remain running throughout, whilst > with a restart those services would have been stopped for a while. For > most people this wouldn't make a different but on a busy server it might > be important. So Alex's advice is "best practise". > > Paul. > -- > Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >