telnet

[Chris Wong]

On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Rodney Davis wrote:

> No, I cannot telnet localhost.  It gives the same error.
> Yes, /etc/hosts.deny is empty and /etc/hosts.allow
> is set to ALL : ALL : allow
>
> There should be no firewall scripts but I don't really know
> where to look for this.

Check your /var/log/messages. If there's no error message then it's
firewall. Check that first. Could be a deleted entry in /etc/services or
something.

and ALL : ALL is bad.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: calzonie at hawaii.rr.com [mailto:calzonie at hawaii.rr.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 2:51 PM
> To: Rodney Davis; calzonie at hawaii.rr.com
> Subject: RE: [luau] telnet
>
>
> Can you telnet to the localhost though?
>
> Your /etc/allow.deny is empty?
>
> Any firewall scripts?
>
> >It is listening on 23 and I can telnet out to other servers.
> >
> >rodney
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: calzonie at hawaii.rr.com [mailto:calzonie at hawaii.rr.com]
> >Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 12:27 PM
> >To: Rodney Davis
> >Subject: Re: [luau] telnet
> >
> >
> >The new distros run telnet from /etc/xinet.d/telnet but it's on by default.
>
> >Do a "netstat -na |grep LIS |grep 23" see if you are listening to port 23
> >first.
> > If you are can you telnet localhost?
> >
> >>I can't get telnet to work correctly.  When I try connecting from a remote
>
> >{SNIP}
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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