Telnet servers ...

Telnet servers ...

[Jamie Risk]

I downloaded, compiled and am now using (via xinetd) the telnet daemon
from GNU's Inetutils. In RH distributions, I noticed the daemon takes on
the name "/sbin/in.telnetd" (or something very similar) whereas the
inetutils
telnet daemon takes on the name "/usr/libexec/telnetd".

Two questions:
 * Is there a difference between the two daemons?
and, a little more GNU install specific...
* What does the /usr/libexec directory typically hold?
    I thought after accepting the default "./configure" outputs and running
    "make && make install", the daemons would be placed in /sbin or
/usr/sbin.

- Jamie



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Re: Telnet servers ...

[Ken Moffat]

On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Jamie Risk wrote:

> I downloaded, compiled and am now using (via xinetd) the telnet daemon
> from GNU's Inetutils. In RH distributions, I noticed the daemon takes on
> the name "/sbin/in.telnetd" (or something very similar) whereas the
> inetutils
> telnet daemon takes on the name "/usr/libexec/telnetd".
>

 Anything daemon name starting `in.' suggests it is being called from
tcp_wrappers, which *might* be providing a bit less insecurity.
 
> Two questions:
>  * Is there a difference between the two daemons?

 Pass, I wouldn't dare run telnetd so I don't know ;-)

> and, a little more GNU install specific...
> * What does the /usr/libexec directory typically hold?
>     I thought after accepting the default "./configure" outputs and running
>     "make && make install", the daemons would be placed in /sbin or
> /usr/sbin.
>

 From memory, libexec is intended for binaries that should not be
executed directly (e.g. you are running it from xinetd).
 
> - Jamie
> 
> 
> 
> -

 Do you *really* need the telnet daemon ?

Ken
-- 
 Out of the darkness a voice spake unto me, saying "smile, things could be
worse". So I smiled, and lo, things became worse.



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