On Sun, 2006-11-19 at 13:34 +0000, Paul Smith wrote: > On 11/19/06, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > What I am trying to accomplish is the following: > > > > > > http://marc.10east.com/?l=r-help&m=116389849302592&w=2 > > > > Sounds like you don't want a telnet server, then. But that you're > > trying to use a telnet client to debug some other server, and the > > problem is with *it*. But I can't really tell what ryacas is about from > > that message, nor a quick internet search on it. > > > > Otherwise, if you had a telnet server installed, and running per the > > usual configuration, you could do "telnet localhost" in a command line, > > and you'd be logging into another command line interface, just as if you > > were logging into a computer through a network. > > Maybe the developers of Ryacas on R mailing list can help me further. > According to the direction suggested by one of them, > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.networking/msg/656bbead5059fc07 > > I should change the file > > /etc/xinetd.d/telnet > > However, there is no such a file, unless I install telnet-server. > ---- that isn't your problem nor will it be your solution. see my other message Craig