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Re: Vista and CYGWIN telnet
* Gareth Payne (Fri, 8 Jan 2010 11:51:28 -0500)
> I have installed cygwin on vista, and have configured openssh and
inetdutils.
> I followed the readme to configure both sshd and inetd as services in windows. This step works fine.
> The sshd service works a treat and I can ssh into the vista server - brilliant.
>
> Configured inetd.conf to start both ftp and telnet.
> Problem:
> Ftp service work brilliantly - can log in happily.
> telnet - connects to the telnet server and nothing.
> Example:
>
> gpayne@nb-slogpayne ~
> $ telnet localhost
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> xdfgsdhgxdfmÂÂÂÂ - what ever I type is echoed on screen.
>
> Definitely connecting to the telnet service, as soon as I stop inetd the telnet server stop listening.
>
> I have disabled the firewall / Norton. What am I missing.
>
> Driving me mad.
>
> Anyone got any advice, need telnet unfortunately.
RTFM
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