I got it to work. It was the tty settings.   
      
      
   -=> Ken Bowley wrote to varsuchi <=-   
      
      
    KB>    Hello Chad!   
      
    KB> When you ssh/telnet to the system, what TTY does it show?  Typeing 'w'   
    KB> should give you that information.  Which versoin of MBSE are using   
    KB> using?  Is there any helpfull information in the logs?   
      
    KB> 29 Sep 16 16:11, you wrote to all:   
      
    CA> I got it up. I'm getting no bbs on this port allowed when creating a   
    CA> new user   
      
    CA> On 08:46 29/09 , Alan Ianson wrote:   
    >>  Re: Starting   
    >>  By: Chad Adams to All on Thu Sep 29 2016 02:50 pm   
    >>   
    >> > I have it compiled.. setup works. Can't Telnet. Any assistance   
    >>   
    >> On my slackware box the setup script creates example telnet lines in   
    >> the /etc/inetd.conf. Uncomment the one that applies to your setup and   
    >> restart inetd.   
    >>   
    >> That could be different on different distributions, some use xinetd.   
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    >>   
      
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    KB> Ken   
      
      
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