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- From: ramesh@utdallas.edu (R. Ramesh)
- Subject: Re: where is the NEW telnetd ?
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- Keywords: telnetd location
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- References: <simmon.724957537@maxwell> <1992Dec21.181823.26851@samba.oit.unc.edu> <1992Dec21.192413.15654@sfu.ca>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 22:01:24 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.192413.15654@sfu.ca>, rchen@fraser.sfu.ca (Robert Chen) writes:
- |> In article <1992Dec21.181823.26851@samba.oit.unc.edu> jem@sunSITE.unc.edu (Jonathan Magid) writes:
- |> >In article <simmon.724957537@maxwell> simmon@eeel.nist.gov (Eric Simmon) writes:
- |> >>I am trying to get telnet (tcpip) running with the new kernel (0.99),
- |> >>I can telnet out of my machine, but I can not telnet in from the outside.
- |> >>Someone mentioned that there is a new telnetd which solves these probs.
- |> >>Is this true, and if so where is telnetd?
- |> >
- |> >there is a fairly new telnetd on sunsite.unc.edu in /pub/Linux/system/Network
- |> >
- |> >I am still having some problems with it though, on my machine; it takes
- |> >about a minute to allow a login. I 've heard that this is
- |> >becuase I am not running named and it is waiting for named timing out;
- |> >
- |> >I'm going to look into this though...
- |> >
- |> >jem.
- |>
- |> This is true. It is not telnet's fault, rather the way linux does
- |> name resolving. You shouldn't see thins if you:
- |> 1) have access to a nameserver
- |> 2) are running named
- |> So if you are doing loopback just for fun, you will have to:
- |> 1) wrestle with configuring named
- |> 2) wait the minute
- |>
- |> - Ken
-
- I disagree. I have no named and telnet loopback comes with login prompt in
- 1/10 of a second. In fact it all happens continuously. I hit return after
- the telnetd command. I get "trying ....", "connected..." and "login ...."
- as if they are cat'ed from a file.
-
- Ramesh
-