On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Mark A. Tagliaferro wrote: > I'm trying to install tewlnet on one of my servers but something is wrong. > I've installed package nkit serv which included the telnetd daemon. I > uncommented the telnet line in inetd.conf in /etc then after resetting the > machine I tried to telnet the server. I'm getting the error message : > connection refused > > Any ideas as to what's wrong? > > I also need to heavily restrict the commands available to people telnetting to > the server. How is this done? (I know it can be done but not how!) > > Finally, how come there isn't a telnet howto? I definitely need one at the > moment. :) > > Mark Hello Mark, It might be a good idea to take a look a /var/log/messages at the server side like this: tail -f /var/log/messages What does it print when trying to telnet from the client? Maybe you have not installed tcpd wrapper or similar. The log file should help you find out where it gets stuck. Cheers, --Jyry C:-( C:-/ C========8-O C8-/ C:-( Chiquita: Tuemme "Puhdas elämä (suomalaiselle) lapselle" sekä "Paha elämä banaaninpoimijalle" kampanjoita - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
