On 8/22/05, Jim Crumley <crumley at belka.space.umn.edu> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 07:22:00AM -0400, Mrbizz4 at aol.com wrote: > > I recently installed Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 on an HP Pavilion > > 310n. The problem I'm having is that inetd is spawning the > > telnet service. When I scan the ports on my computer, port 23 > > is actively listening for telnet connections. I have tried > > many things in order to close this port. I have tried using > > update-rc.d, etc. I have purged the telnet package, so I don't > > believe a telnet connection is possible, but even after all of > > Did you purge the telnetd package as well? > Comment out the telnet port in /etc/services too.............