Telnet - localhost

[newtolinux]

I'm trying to connect to "localhost" with telnet but i allways obtain the following message : "connection refused".

My loopback network interface responde to ping message but i'm not able to connect with telnet.

Someone can help me.
Thanks

[Hug It]

What port are you trying to connect to? Should it be open?

[newtolinux]

i'm trying to connect on port "23".
it is declared in "etc/services"

[baldyeti]

i'm trying to connect on port "23".
it is declared in "etc/services"It's probably commented out in /etc/inetd.conf.
You should consider using ssh intead anyway.