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Mark Hobley staggered into the Black Sun and said:
> In alt.os.linux.gentoo J.O. Aho <user@example.net> wrote:
>> Why not use the xinted instead?
> I prefer inetd, it is less resource intesive, and I am using it on all
> of my other stations. I try and use the same software across all
> stations, where possible.
>> or why not use ssh?
> The ssh tool encrypts the network traffic making it difficult to
> analyse. I don't want encrypted traffic on the local area network.

Um... why would you need to analyze this traffic? Also, ssh, when set
up properly, is more *convenient* than telnet. Don't forget ssh's X11
forwarding capabilities, necessary since most modern X installs are
started with '-nolisten tcp'.

>> What do you get in the messages log file?
> This is a new installation, and the system logging mechanisms are not
> yet operational. I was hoping to fix this after fixing the remote
> access via telnet. I am new to Gentoo, so I am still learning how to
> configure it. I am currently working on getting the system loggine
> mechanisms operational.

Like section 9.a of the Gentoo Handbook says,
emerge syslog-ng
rc-update add syslog-ng default
/etc/init.d/syslog-ng start

....you should've done that or something similar during initial install.
The default syslog-ng config, located in /etc/conf.d/ , should get
you something sensible. Most of the config files for the init scripts
are in /etc/conf.d/ .

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