Quote Originally Posted by Dave_Bechtel
--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
Thanks for the info. I've found out the answer, it seems like I've just forgotten to add the last field on both of the lines, they must look like that:

Code:
ftp             stream  tcp     nowait  root     /usr/sbin/in.ftpd          in.ftpd
telnet          stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/in.telnetd      in.telnetd
Of course I know this a Bad Thing This was just about a demonstration and I needed to show people how inetd worked without tcpd.