Enable telnetd in ubuntu inetd.conf

Posted on October 23rd, 2015

To enable telnetd in Ubuntu first install telnetd with

 

apt-get install telnetd

 

Once completed edit /etc/inetd.conf and add

 

telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.telnetd

 

When completed restart inetd with /etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd restart

 

InterServer recommends using SSH over telnet.

 

 

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