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Enable telnetd in ubuntu inetd.conf
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To enable telnetd in Ubuntu first install telnetd with
apt-get install telnetd
Once completed edit /etc/inetd.conf and add
telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.telnetd
When completed restart inetd with /etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd restart
InterServer recommends using SSH over telnet.
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