[CentOS] TELNENT TO LOCALHOST IN CENTOS 7

[Mauricio Tavares]

On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 9:33 AM, Samson <okosam at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just install Centos 7 on my laptop. I have also installed telnet-server
> and telnet.
> I can telnet to other server from my local CentOS 7 but can not telnet
> localhost also, i can not telnet to my localhost from other server.
>
> I try to check telnet file in /etc/xinetd.d directory but the file "telnet"
> is not there.
>
> Please can someone help me with the steps to install telnet or enable
> telnet services on CENTOS 7 so that i can telnet my localhost.
>
> Below is the error message:
> [claire at ittestsrvr ~]$ telnet localhost
> Trying ::1...
> telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused

      I will not go over the question about running telnet in your
laptop; others will chime in. Now that is out, did you check whether
telnet is running using ps and netstat?

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