[Buildroot] Can't get inetd/busybox-telnetd to work

[Belisko Marek]

Hi,

On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been trying to get inetd and busybox's telnetd to work, but I'm
> stumped.
>
> Here's my inetd.conf file:
>
> telnet stream  tcp  nowait root /usr/sbin/telnetd  /usr/sbin/telnetd
If you don't need login you can start telnetd this way:
/usb/sbin/telnet -l /bin/sh
You should be able to connect without login prompt.
>
> When I telnet to my board, this is what happens:
>
>  $ telnet 10.0.0.99
>  Trying 10.0.0.99...
>  Connected to 10.0.0.99.
>  Escape character is '^]'.
>  buildroot login: root
>  Login incorrect
>
> I can't figure out why the login is "incorrect".  The root user
> doesn't have a password.
>
> Telnetd and login are both from busybox 1.16.
>
> When I run inetd in the foreground and tell it to log to stderr it's
> completely mute.
>
> What tricks are there to get busybox's inetd/telnetd/login to work?
>
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good luck,

Marek

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