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---- __NAME__ telnetd - DARPA telnet protocol server __SYNOPSIS__ /usr/sbin/in.telnetd [[-hns] [[-a authmode] [[-D debugmode] [[-L loginprg] [[-S tos] [[-X authtype] [[-edebug] [[-debug port] __DESCRIPTION__ The telnetd program is a server which supports the DARPA telnet interactive communication protocol. Telnetd is nor- mally invoked by the internet server (see inetd(8)) for requests to connect to the telnet port as indicated by the /etc/services file (see services(5)). The -debug option may be used to start up telnetd manually, instead of through inetd(8). If started up this way, port may be specified to run telnetd on an alternate TCP port number. The telnetd program accepts the following options: -a authmode This option may be used for specifying what modeshould be used for authentication. Note thatthis option is only useful if telnetd has beencompiled with support for authentication, whichis not available in the current version. Thefollowing values of authmode are understood: debug Turns on authentication debugging code. user Only allow connections when the remoteuser can provide valid authenticationinformation to identify the remote user,and is allowed access to the specifiedaccount without providing a password. valid Only allow connections when the remoteuser can provide valid authenticationinformation to identify the remote user.The login(1) command will provide any additional user verification needed if the remote user is not allowed automatic access to the specified account. other Only allow connections that supply some authentication information. This option is currently not supported by any of the existing authentication mechanisms, and is thus the same as specifying valid. none This is the default state. Authentication information is not required. If no or insufficient authentication information is provided, then the login(1) program will provide the necessary user verification. off This disables the authentication code. All user verification will happen through the login(1) program. -D debugmode This option may be used for debugging purposes. This allows telnetd to print out debugging information to the connection, allowing the user to see what telnetd is doing. There are several possible values for debugmode: options Prints information about the negotia- tion of telnet options. report Prints the options information, plus some additional information about what processing is going on. netdata Displays the data stream received by telnetd. ptydata Displays data written to the pty. exercise Has not been implemented yet. -edebug If telnetd has been compiled with support for encryption, then the -edebug option may be used to enable encryption debugging code. -h Disables the printing of host-specific informa- tion before login has been completed. -L loginprg This option may be used to specify a different login program. By default, /usr/sbin/telnetlogin is used. -n Disable TCP keep-alives. Normally telnetd enables the TCP keep-alive mechanism to probe connections that have been idle for some period of time to determine if the client is still there, so that idle connections from machines that have crashed or can no longer be reached may be cleaned up. -s This option is only enabled if telnetd is com- piled with support for SecurID cards. It causes the -s option to be passed on to login(1), and thus is only useful if login(1) supports the -s flag to indicate that only SecurID validated logins are allowed. This is usually useful for controlling remote logins from outside of a firewall. -S tos Sets the IP type-of-service (TOS) option for the telnet connection to the value tos. -X authtype This option is only valid if telnetd has been built with support for the authentication option. It disables the use of authtype authen- tication, and can be used to temporarily disable a specific authentication type without having to recompile telnetd. If the file /etc/issue.net is present, telnetd will display its contents before the login prompt of a telnet session (see issue.net(5)). Telnetd operates by allocating a pseudo-terminal device (see pty(4)) for a client, then creating a login process which has the slave side of the pseudo-terminal as stdin, stdout, and stderr. Telnetd manipulates the master side of the pseudo-terminal, implementing the telnet protocol and pass- ing characters between the remote client and the login pro- cess. When a telnet session is started up, telnetd sends telnet options to the client side indicating a willingness to do the following telnet options, which are described in more detail below: DO AUTHENTICATION WILL ENCRYPT DO TERMINAL TYPE DO TSPEED DO XDISPLOC DO NEW-ENVIRON DO ENVIRON WILL SUPPRESS GO AHEAD DO ECHO DO LINEMODE DO NAWS WILL STATUS DO LFLOW DO TIMING-MARK The pseudo-terminal allocated to the client is configured to operate in cooked mode, and with XTABS CRMOD enabled (see tty(4)). Telnetd has support for enabling locally the following telnet options: WILL ECHO When the LINEMODE option is enabled, a WILL ECHO or WONT ECHO will be sent to the client to indicate the current state of terminal echoing. When terminal echo is not desired, a WILL ECHO is sent to indi- cate that telnetd will take care of echo- ing any data that needs to be echoed to the terminal, and then nothing is echoed. When terminal echo is desired, a WONT ECHO is sent to indicate that telnetd will not be doing any terminal echoing, so the client should do any terminal echoing that is needed. WILL BINARY Indicates that the client is willing to send a 8 bits of data, rather than the normal 7 bits of the Network Virtual Ter- minal. WILL SGA Indicates that it will not be sending IAC GA, go ahead, commands. WILL STATUS Indicates a willingness to send the client, upon request, of the current sta- tus of all TELNET options. WILL TIMING-MARK Whenever a DO TIMING-MARK command is received, it is always responded to with a WILL TIMING-MARK WILL LOGOUT When a DO LOGOUT is received, a WILL LOGOUT is sent in response, and the TELNET session is shut down. WILL ENCRYPT Only sent if telnetd is compiled with sup- port for data encryption, and indicates a willingness to decrypt the data stream. Telnetd has support for enabling remotely the following TELNET options: DO BINARY Sent to indicate that telnetd is willing to receive an 8 bit data stream. DO LFLOW Requests that the client handle flow con- trol characters remotely. DO ECHO This is not really supported, but is sent to identify a 4.2BSD telnet(1) client, which will improperly respond with WILL ECHO. If a WILL ECHO is received, a DONT ECHO will be sent in response. DO TERMINAL-TYPE Indicates a desire to be able to request the name of the type of terminal that is attached to the client side of the connec- tion. DO SGA Indicates that it does not need to receive IAC GA, the go ahead command. DO NAWS Requests that the client inform the server when the window (display) size changes. DO TERMINAL-SPEED Indicates a desire to be able to request information about the speed of the serial line to which the client is attached. DO XDISPLOC Indicates a desire to be able to request the name of the X windows display that is associated with the telnet client. DO NEW-ENVIRON Indicates a desire to be able to request environment variable information, as described in RFC 1572. DO ENVIRON Indicates a desire to be able to request environment variable information, as described in RFC 1408. DO LINEMODE Only sent if telnetd is compiled with sup- port for linemode, and requests that the client do line by line processing. DO TIMING-MARK Only sent if telnetd is compiled with sup- port for both linemode and kludge linemode, and the client responded with WONT LINEMODE. If the client responds with WILL TM, the it is assumed that the client supports kludge linemode. Note that the [[-k] option can be used to disable this. DO AUTHENTICATION Only sent if telnetd is compiled with sup- port for authentication, and indicates a willingness to receive authentication information for automatic login. DO ENCRYPT Only sent if telnetd is compiled with sup- port for data encryption, and indicates a willingness to decrypt the data stream. issue.net(5)). __FILES__ /etc/services, /etc/issue.net __SEE ALSO__ telnet(1), login(1), issue.net(5), __STANDARDS__ RFC-854 TELNET PROTOCOL SPECIFICATIONRFC-855TELNET OPTION SPECIFICATIONSRFC-856TELNET BINARY TRANSMISSIONRFC-857TELNET ECHO OPTIONRFC-858TELNET SUPPRESS GO AHEAD OPTIONRFC-859TELNET STATUS OPTIONRFC-860TELNET TIMING MARK OPTIONRFC-861TELNET EXTENDED OPTIONS - LIST OPTIONRFC-885TELNET END OF RECORD OPTIONRFC-1073Telnet Window Size OptionRFC-1079Telnet Terminal Speed OptionRFC-1091Telnet Terminal-Type OptionRFC-1096Telnet X Display Location OptionRFC-1123Requirements for Internet Hosts -- Application andSupportRFC-1184Telnet Linemode OptionRFC-1372Telnet Remote Flow Control OptionRFC-1416Telnet Authentication OptionRFC-1411Telnet Authentication: Kerberos Version 4RFC-1412Telnet Authentication: SPXRFC-1571Telnet Environment Option Interoperability IssuesRFC-1572Telnet Environment Option__BUGS__ Some TELNET commands are only partially implemented. Because of bugs in the original 4.2 BSD telnet(1), telnetd performs some dubious protocol exchanges to try to discover if the remote client is, in fact, a 4.2 BSD telnet(1). Binary mode has no common interpretation except between sim- ilar operating systems (Unix in this case). The terminal type name received from the remote client is converted to lower case. Telnetd never sends TELNET IAC GA (go ahead) commands. The source code is not comprehensible. Linux !NetKit (0.17) December 29, 1996 1 ----
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