SOLVED Does WHM/cPanel need/use Telnet?

[ItsMattSon]

Hi guys,

Noticed Telnet can be executed by any users with shell access (which is just me, but still haha). Does WHM/cPanel need it for anything?

I'm going to remove read/execute for the Other group from the binary. Any objections?

 

[Eminds]

Well telnet basically used to check port connectivity so I dont think telnet is required on the server , however if at all for some reason if you need to check port connectivity from your server to another then you may need it.

 

[ItsMattSon]

Ah yep. Thought as much - Thanks

I don't necessarily need to get rid of it, I just want to restrict its usage to root but I was wondering if perhaps WHM/cPanel scripts use it in some way

 

[ChrisI]

Hello!

cPanel doesn't require telnet, so you can remove or restrict it without any issues.

Thanks!

 

[ItsMattSon]

Thanks you guys - Much appreciated

Feel free to change this thread title to Resolved. Thanks again