I tried ftp localhost, and telnet localhost, and I got access denied. It must be as you suggested. Were would I find an in.ftpd and an intelnetd servers in an rpm format for fedora? Do you know where I can download such servers?Thanks a lot for the help. Cheers, Cris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Luke Davis" <ldavis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "cris" <filastin48 at hotmail.com>; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 5:19 PM Subject: Re: ftp and telnet. > First, can you ftp and/or telnet to your machine, from your machine? > That is, from a shell prompt on the machine in question, what happens when > you type: > > ftp localhost > > If you get some kind of connection refused message there, you probably > don't have in.ftpd, or in.telnetd; or some other FTP/Telnet server, > installed. Get one, and you should be okay. > > If it works, you probably have a /etc/hosts.allow, and/or /etc/hosts.deny > problem (man hostaccess). > > > On Tue, 4 May 2004, cris wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > I have a question which is probably elementary to most of you. I tried to > > ftp and telnet to my linux computer from another computer in order to > > transfer a large file, but I got connection refused. As far as I know I > > disabled the firewall on my linux box to allow me to telnet or ftp. I typed > > the line command as follows for ftp. ftpnumerical address and hit inter. I > > did the same with telnet and also got connection refused. any ideas on how > > to go about that > > Regards, > > Cris? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > Foreign Aid: Taxing poor people in rich countries for the benefit of > rich people in poor countries. - Bernard Rosenberg > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
