In the xinetd configuration file “ /etc/xinetd.d/telnet“, there is a parameter disable. In Linux, the xinetd service manages telnet. Telnet is deactivated in the configuration fileĪnother common cause of the error telnet: connection refused by the remote host is a configuration file that has the telnet service disabled. Additionally, avoid using telnet unless necessary.Ģ. As a result, our Support Specialists always recommend that customers use Secure Shell (SSH) rather than Telnet. In other words, your passwords and other sensitive information are transmitted in plain text, which is an insecure format. Telnet, on the other hand, is extremely insecure because the communication is not encrypted. For example, the following command allows the telnet port in UFW. If that is the case, you should open the port on the server’s firewall. Typically, you can start the telnet service with the following command.Ĭheck to make certain that the machine to which you are connecting does not block the standard telnet port 23. Verify that the service is started and running normally on the server. On Linux Ubuntu servers, you can install the telnet tool with the command below. Telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refusedĬheck if Telnet is installed on the machine to which they are attempting to connect.
Otherwise, there is no daemon to respond to the source telnet connection, resulting in this error.Īdditionally, customers receive the following error when attempting to connect to localhost or any other server via telnet. Thus, for telnet communication to run smoothly, the destination must have the telnet service installed. Telnet is the daemon that enables the Telnet protocol to be used. One of the most likely causes is that the user’s machine does not have the telnet service installed. The following sections detail the most common causes of the error “telnet: connection refused by remote host”.
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