--Why would you want to? Tcpd wrapping results in better security. Are you trying to run ftp over UDP or something?

--Also, you really should be using ssh instead of telnet (ssh -2 -c blowfish is the fastest.)

--Check out this Google cache "What inetd is and how to secure it":
http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache...hl=en&ie=UTF-8

--Also check here, it shows you how to run a standalone service:
http://www.linuxman.com.cy/rute/node32.html

Quote Originally Posted by FZ
Hi,

I can use my Knoppix live cd for telnetting, ftp'ing to localhost w/o problems using the default
inetd.conf file which contains lines like:

Code:
ftp             stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  /usr/sbin/in.ftpd
telnet          stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  /usr/sbin/in.telnetd
However when I disable tcpd and try to use the barebone telnetd, ftpd, etc. using the
following configuration I cannot telnet or ftp to myself:

Code:
ftp             stream  tcp     nowait  root     /usr/sbin/in.ftpd
telnet          stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/in.telnetd
I rerun the inetd and then try to telnet to receive this response:

Code:
knoppix@ttyp4[knoppix]$ telnet localhost
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to Knoppix.
Escape character is '^]'.
Connection closed by foreign host.
As you see, when I'm not using tcpd it just automatically disables telnet, ftp, etc. I've tried it
hosts.allow, hosts.deny, I've also tried it w/o these files. Nothing changes.

Is it impossible to use inetd without tcpd on Knoppix? If it is possible, how?

Thanks in advance.