On Thursday 08 August 2002 22:05, SoloCDM wrote: > I know about ssh, but I still want to telnet to my server within > our network and I am unable. > > I have /etc/xinetd.d/telnet and /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > enabled. I don't have any firewall blocking for inside telneting. > I can ping the server. I have removed or added lines in both > /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny to enable telnet with no > success. > > The following is the message when I try to telnet: > > Trying <IP_number>... > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused > > What is missing? I don't know. Can you log on to the server and do telnet localhost? Can you take a look at /var/log/* to make sure there are no errors? But this list is more for people who want to shape the telnet session :) So don't expect much answers on your question. Stef -- stef.coene@docum.org "Using Linux as bandwidth manager" http://www.docum.org/ #lartc @ irc.oftc.net _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/