Re: [CentOS] problem with telnet

2008-06-24 Thread Tom Lanyon

On 24/06/2008, at 3:28 PM, fabian dacunha wrote:



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



What on earth are you using telnet for?

Unless you have a very good reason, use SSH.
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Re: [CentOS] problem with telnet

2008-06-24 Thread Ian Blackwell

fabian dacunha wrote:

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
  
Are there lots of telnet sessions already running?  You could have hit 
the instances limit in /etc/xinetd.conf.  If this is the problem (and 
BTW I'm not convinced it is), you can increase the number of allowed 
telnet sessions and reload xinetd with service xinetd reload.


I hit this problem on a RHEL3 server several years ago and can't recall 
exactly how it manifested itself, but I do remember that this was the 
solution.


Ian
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Re: [CentOS] problem with telnet

2008-06-24 Thread Lanny Marcus
On 6/24/08, Tom Lanyon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 On 24/06/2008, at 3:28 PM, fabian dacunha wrote:
 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


 What on earth are you using telnet for?
 Unless you have a very good reason, use SSH.

Tom gave you the best advice you will get. You should stop using
telnet and begin using SSH.
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[CentOS] problem with telnet

2008-06-23 Thread fabian dacunha

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








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