XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: a@b.c   
      
   Mark Hobley wrote:   
   > I am trying to configure the telnetd service daemon on Gentoo.   
   >   
   > I first installed the internet superserver daemon:   
   >   
   >  emerge netkit-base   
   >   
   > I next installed the telnetd server daemon:   
   >   
   >  emerge netkit-telnetd   
   >   
   > I next created a user and group for the telnetd server daemon:   
   >   
   >  groupadd -g 300 telnetd   
   >  useradd -u 300 -g 300 telnetd   
   >   
   > I now modified the telnetd account in /etc/passwd as follows:   
   >   
   >  telnetd:x:300:300::/nonexistent:/bin/false   
   >   
   > (This line is copied from a working telnet server)   
   >   
   > Then I created the /etc/inetd.conf configuration file for the internet   
   > superservice daemon with the following entry:   
   >   
   >  telnet  stream  tcp     nowait  telnetd /usr/sbin/telnetd   
      
   Mine says   
      
   telnet stream tcp nowait telnetd.telnetd /usr/sbin/tcpd   
   /usr/sbin/in.telnetd   
      
      
   >   
   > Next I start the internet superserver daemon as follows:   
   >   
   > /etc/init.d/inetd start   
   >  * Starting inetd ...   
   >   
   > Now I telnet the localhost:   
   >   
   > telnet localhost   
   > Trying 127.0.0.1 ...   
   > Connected to localhost.localdomain.   
   > Escape character is ']'   
   >   
      
   Thats the telnetd working then..at some level   
      
   > Linux 2.6.23.9 (despina.markhobley.yi.org) (1)   
   > login: Permission Denied.   
   > Connection closed by foreign host.   
   >   
      
   Thats login crapping out. Permissions of some sort.   
      
   .   
      
   >   
   > The error at the login prompt appears before I type in the username, so   
   > I think the error is related somehow to the login program.   
   >   
      
   So do I.   
      
   > I presume that the login: prompt is being generated by the login   
   > program, and then the program is exiting before user input can be   
   > collected, so I suspect the login program was running, but I don't know   
   > for sure. I guess that somehow I have to make a configuration   
   > change to allow the login program to be used from the telnet virtual   
   > terminal. (Then again, I might be wrong.)   
   >   
      
   Never had a problem.   
      
      
   If you can get a root prompt do an:   
      
   su - telnetd   
      
   And then try :   
      
   /bin/login   
      
   Thats is close to the permissions it will be running at   
      
   Likewise, look in the log files.   
      
      
      
   > Thanks in advance to anyone who can help with this.   
   >   
   > Mark.   
   >   
      
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