Starting telnetd?

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#1

I’ve installed RTP and am trying to get telnetd to start up
automatically when the system boots. Looking at /etc/inetd.conf, I see
that telnet is supposed to start automatically. However, when I boot the
system, telnetd is not running.

If I login to RTP as root, I can start telnetd manually

/usr/sbin/telnetd -debug -Q &

I find that I need to specify -debug or I get “getpeername not
implemented” reported and telnetd dies. Any clues?

Also, I see that the entry in inetd.conf specifies the telnetd command as

/usr/sbin/telnetd in.telnetd -Q

What is “in.telnetd”, and what purpose does it serve?

And, most importantly, how can I configure RTP so telnetd automagically
starts when the system boots?

Thanks in advance,
Eric

#2

All you should need to do is start inetd as root. It listens
on port 23 and spawns telnetd when someone connects to that
port.

In qdn.public.qnxrtp.newuser Eric Berdahl <berdahl@serendipity.org> wrote:
: I’ve installed RTP and am trying to get telnetd to start up
: automatically when the system boots. Looking at /etc/inetd.conf, I see
: that telnet is supposed to start automatically. However, when I boot the
: system, telnetd is not running.

: If I login to RTP as root, I can start telnetd manually

: /usr/sbin/telnetd -debug -Q &

: I find that I need to specify -debug or I get “getpeername not
: implemented” reported and telnetd dies. Any clues?

This is because when you start it from the command line, it’s stdin
file descriptor is not a socket. inetd takes care of this for you.

: Also, I see that the entry in inetd.conf specifies the telnetd command as

: /usr/sbin/telnetd in.telnetd -Q

: What is “in.telnetd”, and what purpose does it serve?

“in.telnetd” is the argv[0] that inetd passes to /usr/sbin/telnetd
when it is spawned. It’s just a string and only serves as a hint
as to who started telnetd.

: And, most importantly, how can I configure RTP so telnetd automagically
: starts when the system boots?

start inetd. Maybe put it in your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file (make sure it’s
executable).

-seanb

#3

In article <8tsp8l$4ak$1@nntp.qnx.com>, Sean Boudreau <seanb@qnx.com>
wrote:

: And, most importantly, how can I configure RTP so telnetd automagically
: starts when the system boots?

start inetd. Maybe put it in your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file (make sure
it’s
executable).

Rock and roll! That’s the money, right there.

There was no rc.local file, so I created one that runs inetd. Set that
file to be executable and inetd starts at boot just fine.

Thanks for the help,
Eric