A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > I just installed my debian (potato). I cant seem to telnet nor ftp > into the machine. I checked the inetd.conf file in the etc directory, > it contains > > telnet stream tcp nowait root internal > > Is this ok?
Likely not - this is what I'm using on my Debian/SPARC systems: telnet stream tcp nowait telnetd.telnetd /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.telnetd Note that that should all be on one line. > I am missing something else? If you want to telnet in you need to install the telnetd package. > Also if someone can recommend a good website for Debian on sparc > administration. It's no different from dealing with Debian on a standard PC. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
