Telnet (XP -> Kubuntu) Problem

[Joey08]

Hello,

I´m having problems getting connected via telnet (XP -> Kubuntu).

I am running Kubuntu within VMWare on a Win-XP computer.

The following line I added to /etc/inted.conf:
2401 stream tcp nowait joey bin/echo echo hello
(I restarted inetd after I added this line).

Yes, I only want to get back a "hello".
The reason I am using port 2401 is, that my actual destination is to have a CVS server running in Kubuntu. Since I got a connection error message while trying to connect to CVS, I first wanted to make sure, if it is a network or a CVS problem. Right now it looks like a network problem.

The following error I get (under Windows) when I type in this command:
telnet 192.168.0.2 2401
Could not connect to host at port 2401: connetion refused.
(Something like that ... it is a translation.)

Since there is no firewall installed within Kubuntu (as far as I know) do you have any idea, where there could be a problem?
Did I forget to configure something in Kubuntu?
Could VMWare cause problems?

The ping (XP <-> Kubuntu) works fine. Furthermore a Servlet-Container (Tomcat) can be accessed on port 8080. Just telnet gives me trouble.

If you need additional information regarding my system, like version of VMWare, Version of Kubuntu ... I will of course add that.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

[Joey08]

Re: Telnet (XP -&gt; Kubuntu) Problem

Hello,

I want to add that I installed telnetd too.

The installation added the following line to /etc/inetd.conf:
telnet stream tcp nowait telnetd /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in telnetd

I restarted inetd of course.

Under Windows I tried to connect like this:
telnet 192.168.0.2

I still get the same error message.

Any ideas?

[jankushka]

Re: Telnet (XP -&gt; Kubuntu) Problem

is there a specific reason/need for using telnet instead of ssh?
CVS can be configured to use ssh by setting the CVS_RSH env variable to ssh.
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[Joey08]

Re: Telnet (XP -&gt; Kubuntu) Problem

I know.

I am using CVS in my job for a couple of years already. But I never installed / had to install the CVS server till now.

My first step is to make sure, there are no network/communication problems.
My second step is to make CVS run with pserver.
My third, to use ssh.

I just do that to get into it.

[Joey08]

Re: Telnet (XP -&gt; Kubuntu) Problem

Hi again,

I solved my problem.
I had to install "netkit-inetd".

Now telnet is working fine. I can finally continue with CVS. I hope it will not give me further problems.
Let's see...