Hello, I did enable, telnet and FTP in my inetd.conf. I also updated my firewall.rc.config to allow internal computers to allow access to telnet.. And my inetd demon is running. But when I try to telnet from the same host, I get snoopy:~ # telnet snoopy trying 192.168.0.3 telnet:: connect to address 192.168.0.3: Connection refused trying localhost telnet:: connect to address localhost: No such firewall or directory The machine is a gateway and 192.168.0..3 is the internal ethernet address. Any help is appreciated. inetd.conf # ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd wu.ftpd -a # ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd proftpd ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.ftpd # # If you want telnetd not to "keep-alives" (e.g. if it runs over a ISDN # uplink), add "-n". See 'man telnetd' for more details. telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.telnetd # nntp stream tcp nowait news /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/leafnode # smtp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/sendmail sendmail -bs firewall.rc.conf FW_SERVICES_INTERNAL_TCP="www ftp smtp pop3 telnet" # Common: ssh smtp domain FW_SERVICES_INTERNAL_UDP="" # Common: domain syslog FW_SERVICES_INTERNAL_IP="" # For VPN/Routing which END at the firewall!! Thanks sundar