Michael Bannister wrote:
>
> Michael Bannister wrote:
>
> > Paul Wray wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 09:02:44PM +0200, Patrick Putteman wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I did a fresh Venus instal yesterday, and today I installed all updates on
>that machine. Only thing: now I can't telnet to the linux box anymore :o(
> > >
> > > This one got me too. The problem is that the telnet package shipped
> > > with Venus combines a telnet client and server, but the telnet "update"
> > > replaces this with a client only, the server now being available separately.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately this means that folk who use the automated Mandake update end up
> > > without a telnet server :-(
> >
> > ummm, so how do we get the new server?
> >
> > Michael =)
>
> Okay, and whats up with ftp to?!!? hosts.allow, hosts.deny, and inetd.conf seem fine
>but even if i try to ftp from the machine to the local machine its not
> working!!!! this is making me almost wish back for the days of slackware when
>everything (text based that is ;-) seemed to work by default... does the
> basic installation disable these basic services? this is really driving me fscking
>crazy that i can't even get goddamned telnet and ftp working? what is
> this, windows????
How about checking the logs, checking /etc/inetd.conf, ensuring the
correct files are installed and doing a little troubleshooting before
whining on the mailing list.
Want Slackware? Grab it. We really couldn't care one way or the other.
--
Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
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