Topic: Needed services such as Telnet, Streaming Video Server, Public FTP

[jason-nosaj]

I am new to SME, and have to date (3days) have found it very, very good.  I am using in a server-only implementation SME 7 as a lab server for my Cisco CCNA trainees local LAN's and the services we require are: DHCP, DNS, MAIL, and a FTP server.  However, I would like other services as well. 

First...
in the labs the trainees have to be able to telnet to the server to test connectivity.  While I am well aware that using SSH is a better option this is not a problem as it is contained in the lab.  Doing a bit of research I have found that this is now a disabled service.  I have found a small number of similar requests, and tried these, unfortunately with no success with the closest match to date:

yum install telnet-server  --> this finds and installs the package

but on reboot there is no service installed, and telnet still fails so can someone tell me how to enable telnet now that is installed.

Second...
in the labs trainees are to use anonymous FTP to a public folder. I again have looked and found some information on this, and again this seems to be turned off for a security. Is there an easy solution to creating a pub folder with anonymous access?

Third...
a StreamingVideo server is required, and I have been informed that Darwin is probably the best to use, is there another and if so a contrib with a guide.

That’s it really, as a final note we want these for our Cisco CCNA Lab so we can set up many different implementations to suit the labs - and the SME server can act as the cloud behind a router, or a LAN server - as an alternative to the Cisco Discovery/Eagle Server Live CD's (built on Adios).

Thanks in advance

[william_syd]

For a Telnet server I believe you also need the Internet super-server (inetd or xinetd).

I see that installing telnet-server also installs xinetd.

Here is a starter..

[root@sme ~]# yum install telnet-server

[root@sme ~]# vi /etc/xinetd.d/telnet

[root@sme ~]# ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/e-smith-service /etc/rc.d/rc7.d/S56xinetd

[root@sme ~]# config set xinetd service TCPPort 23 access private status enabled

[root@sme ~]# signal-event remoteaccess-update

[root@sme ~]# /etc/rc.d/rc7.d/S56xinetd start

What is left ...

• Custom template for /etc/hosts.allow
• Giving users a shell via accounts database
• Maybe something in /etc/pam.d

smeserver-vmware uses xinetd. Maybe pull that contrib apart to see how it works.

Better info here... http://thedjbway.org/services/telnetd.html

[dadou]

Hello,

I also need telnet support onto my local network on an SME machine.

I tried your stuff, but when I telnet to localhost i've got :

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# telnet localhost
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused
I tried to add a telnetd line into hosts.allow but it's not working much.

An idea ?

Thanks by advance,

David

PS : I'm in SME 7.5.1

[cactus]

Why do you need the telnet option? SSH can do the same and more and is much saver. Does SSH really not suit your needs?

[dadou]

Yes I really need telnet option. It for a very old system where client doesn't have ssh support. Anyway it's only to use local (no internet link).

Thanks

David