TELNETD(8)

NAME
telnetd - Telnet server

SYNOPSIS
telnetd [OPTION...]

DESCRIPTION
DARPA telnet protocol server

--accept-env=NAME
    accept the environment variable from clients

-E, --exec-login=STRING
    set program to be executed instead of standard login(1)

-h, --no-hostinfo
    do not print host information before login has been completed

-l, --linemode[=MODE]
    set line mode

-n, --no-keepalive
    disable TCP keep-alive

-U, --reverse-lookup
    refuse connections from addresses that cannot be mapped back into a symbolic name

-?, --help
    give this help list

--usage
    give a short usage message

-V, --version
    print program version

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.

AUTHOR
Written by many authors.

REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-inetutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
telnet(1)

The full documentation for telnetd is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and telnetd programs are properly installed at your site, the command

    info telnetd

should give you access to the complete manual.