In alt.os.linux.gentoo jayjwa <jayjwa@vdrl.ath.cx.invalid> wrote:

> inetd's done its part ... looks like telnetd's passed control to login
> when it hits trouble.

Ok.

> Are you sure your telnetd can run as an unpriv. user?

I don't know. I just tried this as root in inetd.conf and the telnet
daemon works fine, and I can login.

Looking at my (working) Debian computers, the telnetd daemon is run as
an unprivileged user. I thought I was using the same telnetd package.
The man pages certainly match, beginning:

TELNETD(8) BSD System Manager's Manual TELNETD(8)

NAME
telnetd -- DARPA telnet protocol server

> I'd test with setting a real path for the home dir., and running as
> root. See if it clears up, and decide from there what to do.

Running as root works. It is weird that I don't have to do that in
Debian.

Mark.

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