Telnet server broken in TC4

[Ed Greshko]

On 05/12/13 05:19, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> On Sat, 11 May 2013 14:04:28 -0700
> John Reiser <jreiser at bitwagon.com> wrote:
>
>>> I don't know how many people are still using telnet server. I would
>>> hope very few. SSH is much more secure and already enabled by
>>> default. ;) 
>> There are local networks that truly are local, providing services
>> for the _development_ of small embedded devices (think
>> microcontrollers) where telnet (sometimes over a serial line) is the
>> largest and slowest program that the device can support while still
>> performing its intended function. ssh, scp, web or ftp servers, etc.
>> are several times too big and slow.
> Sure. Although if they have a serial connection, surely a getty and a
> terminal program is even less weight than a telnet server. 
>
> Anyhow, we are drifting off topic. I would expect telnet server to
> work, if it doesn't, please file bugs. ;) 
>

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=962145

This *almost* seems like a re-occurrence of a bug (forget the #) in F18 which ended up being fixed in /bin/login, if memory serves me.

If you add "-D options" to the in.telnetd line in telnet at .service the connection is made and you can login.


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