How To Install telnet-server on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install telnet-server on CentOS 7.
What is telnet-server
Telnet is a popular protocol for logging into remote systems over the Internet. The package includes a daemon that supports Telnet remote logins into the host machine. The daemon is disabled by default. You may enable the daemon by editing /etc/xinetd.d/telnet
We can use yum or dnf to install telnet-server on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install telnet-server.
Install telnet-server on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install telnet-server using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install telnet-server
Install telnet-server on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install telnet-server using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install telnet-server
How To Uninstall telnet-server on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the telnet-server package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove telnet-server
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install telnet-server on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
