telnetd

[Chan Chung Hang Christopher]

william drescher wrote:
> I want to login to my ubuntu server from within my LAN from a 
> winBlows XP machine.
> I tried telnet and received the error message: Connection refused.
> 
> Do I need to install telnetd or configure it ?

No, you need to start the openssh server/configure it to start and also 
install putty on Windows XP. telnet is perhaps not so good an idea but 
if you want telnet and forego installing putty, then install and start 
telnetd.