How To
Summary
This document describes how to disable the telnet daemon on AIX®.
Steps
1. Open /etc/inetd.conf with a text editor.
vi /etc/inetd.conf
2. Find the line that starts with "telnet".
telnet stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/sbin/telnetd telnetd -a
3. Insert a comment character ("#") at the front of the line.
#telnet stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/sbin/telnetd telnetd -a
4. Save the file.
5. Refresh inetd for it to process the change.
refresh -s inetd
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Modified date:
08 March 2022
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