telnet server problem

[RON FLORY]

> 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?

Harald Hoyer wrote:
> You do not want to login as "root", do you?

  I believe he said he was not even allowed to enter a username.

  I've seen this as well.  Before the flames about telnet vs
ssh start up, there are many legacy systems/devices in use that
do not support ssh (and they never will), so telnet access is
still sometimes necessary...

  I have seen the problem he reported occur even when SELinux is
disabled.

ron