[PLUG] disabling telnet login

Doug Porter porterds@purdue.edu
Wed, 02 Feb 2000 22:00:52 -0500


simply comment out the services you want to disable in the inetd.conf
file. after doing this you should still be able to telnet out...

- doug porter <porterds@purdue.edu>

peter wrote:
> 
> i just recently got ssh up and running on my box, and i'd like to disable
> remote logins via telnet and rlogin (and other less secure means).. i've
> been able to disable telnet entirely, but i still want to be able to
> telnet out.. how do i do this?
> 
> thanks,
> peter
> 
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