telnetd installation on linux

install with

sudo apt -y install telnetd

if not started automatically on install check

/etc/inetd.conf 

for telnet enabled being commented out.

remove commenting which disables inetd handling the service and run

sudo systemctl restart inetutils-inetd.service

on raspberry pi os debian and later

sudo systemctl restart inetd 

example discussed for raspberrypi os

https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=369500

Install and enable telnet daemon on Raspberry Pi

Telnetd isn't enabled by default.

sudo apt -y install telnetd

Edit /etc/inetd.conf and uncomment line 23 (line number is just a co-incidence).  Should be a commented out line for telnet, regardless of the line number (ed.)

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#:STANDARD: These are standard services.

telnet  stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  /usr/sbin/telnetd

Restart the inetd service

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sudo systemctl restart inetutils-inetd.service

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