> One of the joys of this new RH7.1 installation, is that I'm > always getting new error messages, in the form of mail for > root. It is an alert that comes when I log in (I don't > automatically go into a GUI, so I see these messages at the > prompt). Anyway, I type "mail", and get a long list of > these mails. I would like to know what this one means, I > get several like this every day: > > & > Message 23: > >From root Tue Dec 4 09:35:23 2001 > Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 09:35:23 -0800 > From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: ALERT servers/telnet: localhost (Tue Dec 4 > 09:35:23) > X-Mailer: /usr/lib/mon/alert.d/mail.alert > > Summary output : localhost > > Group : servers > Service : telnet > Time noticed : Tue Dec 4 09:35:23 2001 > Secs until next alert : > Members : localhost > > Detailed text (if any) follows: > ------------------------------- > localhost: problem connecting to "localhost", port 23: > Connection refused > > & > > ------ > The thing is, I haven't been USING "telnet"! any ideas > what this is about? > > TIA, > mVIIs > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What alert program are you using? It looks to me like some program (possibly the alert program) is trying to telnet to localhost. Forrest _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
