telnet

[Chris Wong]

On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Rodney Davis wrote:

> I checked services, and telnet appears.  I don't know where to go for
> firewall files.  I have never used a firewall.  Please point me in the
> right direction.
>
> BTW, ALL : ALL : allow is just to make sure that wasn't the culprit.
> I will change it.

Does /var/log/messages say anything after restarting inetd?

Type /sbin/ipchains -L input
and post the output.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Wong [mailto:wongc at math.ed.hawaii.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 3:50 PM
> To: Linux & Unix Advocates & Users
> Subject: [luau] RE: telnet
>
>
> 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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