telnet server problem

[Harald Hoyer]

jqian wrote:
> Hi, I'm encountering a problem I've never had before after install 
> Fedora Core 3 test3:
> I enable the telnet server, and it runs as part of xinetd.  But when I 
> try logging in, the server doesn't give me an opportunity to enter a 
> username; the "Login:" prompt doesn't appear.  All that happens is three 
> messages of "Login incorrect" in quick succession.
> 
> When I examine /var/log/secure, the logs have
> "login: FAILED LOGIN SESSION FROM 192.168.0.2 FOR (null), Authentication 
> failure"
> So apparently the server compeletely ignores me having to type a 
> username for it.  This problem occurs when i trying telnetting to 
> localhost also.
> 
> What would be the problem here?  I don't have a very good knowledge of 
> the new permissions from such things like SELinux, so could these have 
> something to do with it?
> 
> Thanks
> 

You do not want to login as "root", do you?
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