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Jul 1, 2015

Disable Telnet in CentOS

Telnet is un secure network protocol.It sends clear text passwords over network. Its highly recommended to disable it on any public server and use ssh server instead.


  1. sudo nano /etc/xinetd.d/telnet
  2. disable = yes
  3. CTRL+O (to save) and CTRL+X (to exit)
  4. Now disable it in chkconfig: chkconfig telnet off
  5. /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd restart  |  /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd stop

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