telnet error in 7.1 with cpanel

[jayglate]

this is what i get when i try to telnet locally on cpanel rh 7.1 box

[email protected] [~]# telnet localhost
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused
Trying localhost...
telnet: setsockopt (IP_TOS) (ignored): Operation not supported
telnet: connect to address localhost: No such file or directory

 

[rpmws]

telnet is disabled by default on 7.1 I think

 

[jayglate]

Yes, it is, but cpanel enables it, but it f0rks it also. How do I fix.