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From: cag@SantaFe.edu (Chris Goellner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Installing a telnet port
Date: 7 May 1993 23:57:11 GMT
Organization: The Santa Fe Institute
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Guido van Rooij (rooij@mozart.cft.philips.nl) wrote:
: Try telnet <host> <portnr>. Next time read the man first

Next time read my post.  The question was !NOT! how to use telnet.  The
question was how to configure my system to support different telnet ports.

The solution involves modifying inetd.conf and services not reading
the manual.