Dear All i have a centos 5 server running as a backup PC server and is working perfect for abt 3 months jus a couple of days back when i tried to telnet to the server it gave me connection refused i go to the server and when i say telnet localhost it says getaddrinfo: localhost Name or service not known the /etc/hosts file has the loopback entry and the actuall ip address of the server firewall is disabled selinux disbled no /etc/hosts.allow or /etc/hosts.deny telnet is enabled in /etc/xident.d/telnet file now when i do a nmap on this sserver i dont see the telnet service open but i hav another 3 centos 5 servers n when i do a nmap on these there is telnet open also services file has telnet no errors in /var/log/secure or /var/log/messages i also removed telnet server n resinstalled it but the same wondering whts wrong apprecite your help -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos