Now you can connect to Telnet Server using Telnet client tools like putty or if you are using windows Operating System then can use command prompt to connect to telnet server and take console of the Linux Server using normal users. # unencrypted username/password pairs for authentication.Īfter configuration just save the file and start the xinetd service to start the Telnet Server protocol by using below command. # description: The telnet server serves telnet sessions it uses \ ~]# nano /etc/xinetd.d/telnet # Configuring Telnet-Server Follow the output below, Configuration line is highlighted in Red color.
To enable the Telnet Server just edit the /etc/xinetd.d/telnet file and find for line disable = yes and change it to disable = no. So as shown on the output above the main configuration file of telnet server is telnet which is located at /etc/xinetd.d/telnet, So let’s go ahead and enable telnet by edit the configuration file. ~]# rpm -ql telnet-server # Check Configuration file locations of Telnet-Server Now let’s check configuration file location of Telnet Server using rpm -ql command as shown below. ~]# rpm -qa | grep telnet-server # Confirm telnet-server package installed or ~]# rpm -qa | grep xinetd # Confirm xinetd package installed or not To confirm the package installation use the below command. Verifying : 2:xinetd-2.3.86_64 2/2Īs you can see above we have installed all required packages. > Processing Dependency: xinetd for package: 1:86_64 Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
~]# yum -y install telnet-server # Install telnet-server package Here I am installing using YUM Repository. You can install above packages by using YUM Package Repository or by rpm packages from Installation media. To start the Telnet Server configuration we need to install some packages : Step : 2 Install Required Packages for Telnet Server TX packets:23211 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 RX packets:70763 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 ~]# ifconfig eth0 # Check the IP AddressĮth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:A4:B6:76 Step : 1 Configure the IP Addressīefore start the configuration of Telnet Server, configure the NIC (Network Interface Card) and check properly if the system is in network. Follow the below steps to configure the Telnet Server.