Re: [leaf-user] Telnet question

[Jeff N. <jdn...@dc...>]

On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Jon Aubrey de Lavenu wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I am trying to install telnet on my bering 1.0 box.

Obligatory security warning:  Telnet (the client) is a useful tool for
poking at cleartext protocols.  Using it for anything else is pointless...
ssh is so much more flexible and secure that telnet is obsolete for
normal communication needs.

I don't think it is wise to equip a firewall to poke at cleartext
protocols, but some people might.

> I have got the Telnet.lrp package installed, 

Where did the package come from?  Was it
http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/thc/files/kwarchive/telnet.lrp?

> i have setup inetd.conf and securetty.

That is confusing.  Those need to be setup on the machine you are
connecting TO, not the machine you are connecting FROM.

> When I try to telnet in

I am assuming from Bering to something inside your network...

> I get a message saying "error in loading shared
> libraries" and "libncurses.s0.4: cannot open sgared object file: no such
> file or directory"

Well, it looks like you should find libncurses.  Have you looked at the
bottom of the page at
http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/thc/files/kwarchive/?

> And then the client disconects.

It is not clear that the client ever attempted to connect.

> Any thoughts/ideas?

I am confused, and am hoping you will just use ssh.

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