How Do You Disable the Telnet Logon Banner?

Q: How do you disable the Telnet logon banner?

A: Note: The procedure below applies to NetScaler version 5.2.

Edit the /etc/inetd.conf file and append the -h option to the line that starts with “telnetd.” It must appear as follows:

telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/libexec/telnetd telnetd –h

To find and open the inetd.conf file for editing, enter the following commands from the NetScaler command line interface (CLI):

> shell
# su
Password:
netscaler# cd /etc/
netscaler# pico inetd.conf

Either restart the NetScaler device or kill and restart inetd as follows:

# ps -ax | grep inetd
10368 ?? Ss 0:00.04 inetd
10370 ?? Ss 0:00.01 inetd
10406 ?? Is 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/inetd –wW
10454 p2 R+ 0:00.00 grep inetd (sh)
# kill -9 10406
# /usr/sbin/inetd -wW &