[SOLVED] Telnet to VirtualBox

Azhar · #1 8th July 2012, 05:27 PM

Wow its been almost an year since i last logged on :

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You last visited: 9th July 2011 at 10:11 PM

Thats what happens when you install windows on your machine...

Anyway, i have a Windows Home Premium on my machine and Fedora 15 on VirtualBox.
The network on VirtualBox Fed15 is as follows

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Adapter 1:

Intel PRO/1000 MT Desktop (Bridged adapter, Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN)

Ifconfig reveals the following

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p2p1 inet addr:192.168.0.114

and ipconfig on windows

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IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.220

I can ping from both ends and get responses.

On Fedora 15 (VirtualBox) netstat reveals

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netstat -ntl | grep 23

tcp 0 0 :::23 :::* LISTEN

The problem: I cant telnet from my host (Windows) Machine to Fedora 15 (VirtualBox).
Any help would be really appreciated.

smr54 · #2 8th July 2012, 06:07 PM

It probably doesn't have telnet enabled. Easiest thing to do, IMHO would be to download the putty executable--doesn't even require installation, it's a binary that can sit on your Windows desktop, and ssh to your Fedora machine.

Even though it's listening on 23, might be a firewall, SELinux--I have no idea actually, as I haven't set up telnet on a Linux machine in quite awhile.

JoshuaA · #3 8th July 2012, 06:08 PM

There is probably a windows version of nmap you could use to port scan your virtual machine
Also tcpwrappers hosts.allow etc...

Azhar · #4 8th July 2012, 08:45 PM

Well i have telnet client installed on my windows machine...AbsoluteTelnet 9.49 to be exact, and it gives me following error

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Connect to 192.168.0.114 failed.  Winsock Error (274c): Timed Out

@smr54

Anyidea how to disable firewall or SELinux, both of which i haven't enabled. If its enabled by default , than i don't know how to check it.

---------- Post added at 11:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:36 PM ----------

I have succesfully ssh'ed into the Fedora using putty. A quick scan of the Linux reveals that port 22 (ssh) is open while 23 (telnet) is not. How do i enable or open that port?

---------- Post added 9th July 2012 at 12:45 AM ---------- Previous post was 8th July 2012 at 11:47 PM ----------

After stopping / disabling iptables aka firewall service , i can telnet into the penguin

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service iptables stop