hi mahendra ... congrats on getting ur debian system up and going !!!
> I am facing is about the network. After configuring the network, > machine can connect to other machines on the network but it is not allowing ok..so ur networking is working fine.. > other machines to connect to itself. The error on other machines is > " Connection refused ". I tried a lot by playing with the files looks like either the applications are not installed or not started... more details reqd. here ... do u mean that u r not able to telnet to the linux box ? or ftp or www browse ? u can check what servers are stated by the command netstat -at | less for example , my machine shows the following... _____________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] venu]$ netstat -at |less Active Internet connections (servers and established) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State tcp 0 0 *:telnet *:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 *:ftp *:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 *:800 *:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 *:www *:* LISTEN ______________ the above shows that the telnet, ftp , www servers are in the active (LISTEN) so u can telnet into this server from another machine etc... look into the man pages of netstat for more details.. all initialization scripts are installed in /etc/init* ... ( check that out ) > /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny. It is not working. Will you please > sort out the problem for me ? another thing ... have u installed the relevant packages ? check with dselect.. or dpkg look into the man pages for dpkg.. (don't remember the command !!) > By the way , one more thing. Can I configure various utilities (e.g. network) > after system is installed once ? Or everytime I have to for boot/root > (installation ) floppies ? sure u can configure all the utilities after installation !!!! btw: have u read the debian installation manual ? its available at http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/install also tons of info is available in /usr/doc and especially /usr/doc/HOWTO > Thanking you in anticipation, cherio... venu ps: so mahendra... are u from Pune Univ. Physics dept ?... then i may have met u before... are u involved with the IT syllabus etc ????