John, don't sweat it.. it'll make sense after you play with it for a bit. lets start from scratch.
first, make sure xinetd starts when you reboot (xinetd is *really* what runs telnet, echo and a bunch of other things, if you want to see what it controls look at /etc/xinetd.d/) so xinetd must start in order for telnet, etc. to also run. so: chkconfig xinetd on (it's OK to do it again, and if it just comes back to the command prompt that means it was successful (intuitive I know) now lets turn on telnet. chkconfig telnet on chkconfig also starts the service when you type this, and ALSO makes it so it turns on when you reboot, which usually is important :) that's about it, telnet should work now. If it doesn't the firewall (iptables) that comes w/ redhat may be blocking it (and this one is a little more complicated, I'll help you if this comes up) that make a little better sense? --Dave On Wednesday 22 January 2003 3:47 pm, you wrote: > Dave, > > So what am I suppose to be typing: CHKCONFIG XINETD ON ? If so, the what. I > come back to the command prompt. > Please bare with me as I am new to linux. Thanks for your help. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 6:37 PM > Subject: Re: XINETD > > > On Wednesday 22 January 2003 3:28 pm, Dave Young wrote: > > > chkconfig xinetd on ; kill -HUP `cat /var/run/xinetd.pid` > > > > assuming it's running already. turn it on so next time we boot... but for > > now > > > re-read the config. > > > > > is one of the few ways to do this. > > > > > > "chkconfig <daemon> on" basically creates a symlink from > > > /etc/init.d/<daemon> to /etc/rc.d/rc.2/S##<daemon> > > > > rc.d/rc2.d that is > > > > so when "init" comes > > > > > through that dir (on boot) > > > > well, when entering that run level > > > > <snip> > > > > Dave, get your posts right. ;) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list ------------------------------------------------------- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
