telnet is generally considered insecure and has been more or less replaced with ssh so you really should only need sshd. but if you insist you'll need telnetd installed to set up a telnet server
as for an ftp server i recommend proftpd since i've heard that wu-ftpd is rather insecure as for what happens after the packages are installed i'm not sure since i install proftpd from source www.proftpd.org ----- Original Message ----- > Hello everybody: > > I know I have a firewall installed by default in RH7.2. > > I bought a book on Getting Started in RH7.2 and according > to them if I wanted to enable FTP and Telnet access (which > by default I do not have) I needed first to allow them from > my firewall. > > I had to type, > > lokkit -f > > and then edit to allow FTP and Telnet. Then after that, I > had to restart ipchains. > > Now, I did all of that and when I tried to ftp or telnet > from Windows or Unix machines, I was refused. Following > the thread on "FTP Issues" I realized that I only had the > following packages installed, > > gftp-2.0.8-2 > ftp-0.17-12 > ncftp-3.0.3-6 > > which were not going to do the job according to what I read > in that thread. Then I need wu-ftpd and/or pro-ftpd. > > I want to be clear then, just by installing those two > packages I will be able to ftp to my linux box? What are > the necessary ones to enable telnet? I only have > telnet-0.17-20 installed (again default) > > Now, let's assume that I install the packages using > "up2date". Do I have to enable the services or are they > automatically started? > > Finally, do I have to specify which computers can do > telnet/ftp to my linux box or can I telnet/ftp from any > machine? > > Sorry for this long mail, > > Cesar > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more > http://games.yahoo.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
