Telnet servers ...

I downloaded, compiled and am now using (via xinetd) the telnet daemon from GNU's Inetutils. In RH distributions, I noticed the daemon takes on the name "/sbin/in.telnetd" (or something very similar) whereas the inetutils
telnet daemon takes on the name "/usr/libexec/telnetd".

Two questions:
* Is there a difference between the two daemons?
and, a little more GNU install specific...
* What does the /usr/libexec directory typically hold?
I thought after accepting the default "./configure" outputs and running "make && make install", the daemons would be placed in /sbin or
/usr/sbin.

- Jamie

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Anything daemon name starting `in.' suggests it is being called from
tcp_wrappers, which *might* be providing a bit less insecurity.

Pass, I wouldn't dare run telnetd so I don't know ;-)

From memory, libexec is intended for binaries that should not be
executed directly (e.g. you are running it from xinetd).

Do you *really* need the telnet daemon ?

Ken

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