I recently installed Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 on an HP Pavilion 310n. The problem
I'm having is that inetd is spawning the telnet service. When I scan the ports
on my computer, port 23 is actively listening for telnet connections. I have
tried many things in order to close this port. I have tried using
update-rc.d, etc. I have purged the telnet package, so I don't believe a
telnet connection is possible, but even after all of this the port remains
open! I have tried to edit inetd.conf. I have tried to comment out the telnet
service in /etc/services, but all that does is change the identity of the
service to "unknown", but anyone can tell it's telnet, because the specific
port 23 is open and the computer is actively listening. I know I'm not
running xinetd. I've looked at the how to on the Debian home page and tried
all of the suggestions on it. How can I remove the inet daemon?
Your help is greatly appreciated!
Mike
