I think that you get that behaviour if /etc/inetd.conf specifies
/usr/sbin/tcpd as the server path, and it is missing.
Regards,
/Karl
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From: Jon Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Telnet problems after massive update
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 00:01:55 -0500
> I was on the testing branch for awhile, then my bro took over the machine and I lost
>the root password. At any rate, I now have the root passwd again and went to do an
>update. Finding that there were massive things to be upgraded, I went ahead and did
>them. After this, I lost telnet access into the box. Not that big of a deal for me,
>I use SSH. But my bro insists on being able to use telnet for some odd and strange
>reason. At any rate, the brokeness of telnet is somewhat of a big deal. Anyhow,
>here is what happens:
>
> [jstanley@kenny /home]$ telnet <hostname>
> Trying xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ...
> Connected to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> Debian GNU/Linux testing/unstable xxx.xxx.xxx
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> [jstanley@kenny /home]$
>
> There are no access controls that I know of - looking at the logs just shows
>successful telnet connections. A glance at hosts.allow and hosts.deny are
>unrevealing (Wouldn't get that far into it anyway, with the banner). Manually
>executing /bin/login at the command line gives the expected results and I am able to
>successfully authenticate. I'm not quite sure how to debug whether login is getting
>called or not, or where in the process this is dying. Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks
>
>
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