Well, don't uncomment it in services which in a way aliases names like telnet and pop to tcp ports, do it in /etc/inetd.conf, then restart inetd "killall -HUP inetd" _______________ Jonathan Furrer jonny@jofu.com Be sure to check out my NEW site... http://www.jofu.com/ On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Don Harrop wrote: > In order to disable some services (like telnet) after I've got SSH up and > working I have been commenting out the telnet lines in /etc/services. When > I do it this way though it keeps me from even using the telnet service > myself (to telnet out). What's the best way to disable services that run in > the inet super server? > > Don > > > _______________________________________________ > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >