How to enable the telnet or ftp session for one host

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How to enable the telnet or ftp session for one host..

Answer / mahesh

Enter host name or IP range in /etc/hosts.allow file to
allow telnet service.

/etc/default/login
#CONSOLE=/dev/console (comment CONSOLE line)

enter user name in /etc/ftpd/ftpusers file to allow or deny
ftp access

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How to enable the telnet or ftp session for one host..

Answer / milan shah

Check the /etc/inetd.conf or /etc/xinetd.d file
or /etc/inet/inetd.conf to enable the ftp and telnet
services

#
ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/ftpd ftpd
#telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/telnetd
telnetd

uncomment for telnet as it is for ftp in above to enable
the services and restart the inetd service

# pkill -HUP inetd

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How to enable the telnet or ftp session for one host..

Answer / sbrahman75

Edit the /etc/hosts.allow (it will have list of host to
access) -> This will show the user list on that host.-

/etc/hosts.deny (it will have list of host to access
deny)-> This will show the user list on that host.-

/etc/services file

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