Telnetd runs through inetd. When you get a telnet request, inetd starts the telnet daemon. When you're not getting telnet requests, inetd shuts off the daemon. rtfm inetd for more info. Gabe On Sat, Oct 21, 2000 at 12:22:59AM -0500, Jamie Ostrowski wrote: > > > I have a server running with Red Hat 6.2 on it. I can telnet the local > loopback IP address and get a telnet session with the machine, but what I > am baffled that I don't have a telnetd running in the process table. I > thought Linux had a telnetd running to support telnet sessions with > clients. What gives? > > - Jme > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gabe Turner | X-President, UNIX Systems Administrator, | Assoc. for Computing Machinery U of M Supercomputing Institute for | Univerisity of Minnesota Digital Simulation and Advanced Computation | dopp at acm.cs.umn.edu "I'm gonna hit ya, and you're gonna fall. And I'm gonna look down, and I'm gonna laugh." - Ren Hoek in "Sven Hoek" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org