This HOWTO is based on the following software:

	RedHat 7.3
	EleBBS 0.09g1

First, the steps involved in installing EleBBS

1) Download EleBBS
2) Unzip to a temporary directory
   Ensure you unzip using lowercase names (ie: unzip -L)
3) Read install.lin
4) Execute install.sh (ie: bash install.sh)

EleBBS should now be installed and fully functional.
The next steps make it telnettable using xinetd

5) Create the group and user to run EleBBS from
     groupadd -g 501 bbs
     useradd -d /home/ele -g 501 -s /home/ele/runele -u 501 bbs
6) Edit /etc/xinetd.d/telnet
   Take note of the user, server_args and disable lines
     service telnet
     {
             flags           = REUSE
             socket_type     = stream
             wait            = no
             user            = bbs
             server          = /usr/sbin/in.telnetd
             server_args     = -h -L /home/ele/runele
             log_on_failure  += USERID
             disable         = no
     }
7) Edit /home/ele/runele (the file should not exist yet)
   Copy/Paste the following lines into this file:
     #!/bin/sh

     export ELEBBS="/home/ele"
     chown -R bbs.bbs $ELEBBS
     cd $ELEBBS
     exec $ELEBBS/elebbs -B115200 -C1 -N-1
8) Make the above file executable
     chmod ugo+x /home/ele/runele
9) Change the ownership of /home/ele
     chown -R bbs.bbs /home/ele
10) Restart xinetd for changes to take effect
     killall -HUP xinetd

Now you should be all set to accept inbound telnet connections!

As a side note, I guess I should point out that I know next to
nothing about Linux.  As such, there may be better/easier ways
to do some of this stuff.  This is just what works for me.