[CentOS] TELNENT TO LOCALHOST IN CENTOS 7

Mon Nov 24 14:43:47 UTC 2014
Mauricio Tavares <raubvogel at gmail.com>

On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Mauricio Tavares <raubvogel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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?
>
      Also, how did you turn telnet on? Leave xinetd alone.

What does

systemctl status telnet.socket

tell you?

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