Newbee question: Telnet doesn't work with Fedora core 1

[Francois Masson]

Dennis McCracken wrote:

>I've installed Fedora core 1 on a desktop system for "Workstation". Anaconda
>worked well with my system.  I have the network up and running and I'm able
>to surf the web etc...
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>When I try to telnet into the system from my NT box I get rejected.  This
>feels like a security issue but I've tried several tools provided as part of
>Fedora and I've gotten nowhere after two hours of searching for an answer.
>I'm sure someone here knows the answer.  It's probably some default setting
>that needs to be changed.
>
>Thanks in advance...
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Hi,

Can you telnet yourselft locally ? If not, shouldn't you simply go into 
"System Settings" -> "Server Settings" -> "Services", and then browse 
for the telnetd service and start it ?

Best regards,
Francois

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