From: Reco <recovery...@enotuniq.net>, Tue, 1 Oct 2019 09:48:09 +0300 > I fail to see how that's "OK".
"OK" was only my acknowledgement of your instruction or suggestion. Not a confirmation of success. > Try it: > > 1) apt install inetutils-inetd openbsd-inetd Debian 10 allows me to install one or the other but not both. I removed inetutils-inetd and installed openbsd-inetd. > 2) echo 'telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd > /usr/sbin/telnetd -a none -E /bin/bash' > /etc/inetd.conf peter@joule:~$ dpkg -l | grep telnet /etc/inetd.conf telnet stream tcp nowait telnetd /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.telnetd -a none -E /bin/bash > 3) service openbsd-inetd restart Executes with no report to the terminal. > 4) telnet localhost peter@joule:~$ telnet localhost Trying ::1... Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. telnetd: a: unknown option Usage: telnetd [-debug port] [-D (options|report|exercise|netdata|ptydata)] [-h] [-L login_program] [-n] Connection closed by foreign host. Appears the -a option is not available. Regards, ... Peter E. -- https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Medical_Machines Tel: +1 604 670 0140 Bcc: peter at easthope. ca