telnet session disconnected suddenly during yum command

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • A telnet session was terminated unexpectedly while "yum -y update" command was running.
  • yum command was updating xinetd package
  • The system becomes unable to boot because of sudden termination of yum command.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • telnet-server
  • xinetd
  • xinetd manages telnet sessions instead of systemd

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