{
    use esmith::config;
    use esmith::db;

    local %services;
    $services{'telnet'} = $telnet;

    my $status = db_get_prop(\%services, "telnet", "status");

    if (defined $status)
    {
        if ($status eq "enabled")
        {
            $OUT .= "service telnet\n";
            $OUT .= "{\n";
            $OUT .= "    flags		= REUSE\n";
            $OUT .= "    socket_type		= stream\n";
            $OUT .= "    wait			= no\n";
            $OUT .= "    user			= root\n";
            $OUT .= "    server			= /usr/sbin/in.telnetd\n";
            $OUT .= "}\n";
        }
        else
        {
            $OUT .= "\n";
            $OUT .= "# telnet has been flagged as 'disabled'\n";
            $OUT .= "# in the e-smith services database.\n";
        }
    }
    else
    {
        $OUT .= "\n";
        $OUT .= "# telnet does not exist in the e-smith services";
        $OUT .= " database.\n";
    }
}
