Want telnetd to execute different program than default (/bin/login)

From: wb0gaz (wb0gaz_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/23/04 

Date: 23 Oct 2004 11:00:24 -0700

I would like my fedora core 1 system to execute a program other than
/bin/login when accepting an incoming session.

When I change the entry in /etc/xinetd.d/telnet to furnish the command
line parameter I believe is needed to execute a program other than
/bin/login (based on telnetd manpage), I get an error message in
/var/log/messages telling me that the parameter can only have one
entry.

Current entry in /etc/xinetd.d/telnet is as follows:

server = /usr/sbin/in.telnetd

When I tried changing it to

server = /usr/sbin/in.telnetd -L /someotherprogram

I got this error message:

xinetd[15352]: attribute server expects 1 values and 3 values were
specified [file=/etc/xinetd.d/telnet] [line=10]

I tried enclosing the server argument in quotes:

server = "/usr/sbin/in.telnetd -L /someotherprogram"

and that did not succeed.

It appears that telnetd behavior cannot be controlled by a ".rc" file
or environment variables, only command line parameters.

I would appreciate a pointer in the right direction.

Tks,

wb0gaz@hotmail.com

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