Telnet Debian

[aeuzent]

I'm setting up my first webserver using Debian and I ran into a little snag. I need telnet to work on the system but as of yet I don't have any luck.

I keep getting responses like this

root@ubuntu:/home/aeuzent # telnet 192.168.123.133
Trying 192.168.123.133...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
root@ubuntu:/home/aeuzent # telnet aeuzent.ftpaccess.cc
Trying 68.50.51.192...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused

I'm sure there's just some config file that needs editing. I appreciate any help I can get.

[jledhead]

telnet is very unsecure. might I suggest SSH.

works similar and IS secure. if you are using windows to connect then get putty (google search)

I am sure debian already has ssh up and running also

[aeuzent]

No actually that one's out too

[jledhead]

is your networking working on this install. I am pretty sure that even with the debian minimal install gets ssh up and running

are you trying to connect from windows or from a linux machine?

is this a machine that you have setup or is this a webhost?

if its a webhost then have they granted you ssh or telnet permissions?

to see what ports are open on this machine try a network scan using something like nmap.

[Roxoff]

To turn on telnet, edit /etc/xinetd.d/telnet and change the disable= line to 'no'. As others have said, telnet is insecure. It's fine inside your own lan, but if the server faces the internet, dont use it.

To use SSH you need to start the ssh service. Edit the config (/etc/ssh/sshd_config) to be how you want it, then start the ssh service with:

service start sshd

You can then log in. Once you have set up your keys at client and server end, you should turn off password-only access for extra security.