Rachelle DuBey wrote:
> I've installed Mandrake 7 on 2 garden variety PC's. Neither one can be
> reached by telneting in. I have 4 other mandrake 6.5 boxes that don't have
> the problem. I checked to see if telnet-server is installed and it is.
> Telnet is not commented out in /etc/services or in inetd. The permissions
> and files are identical (6.5 and 7.0) for hosts.deny and hosts.allow.We
> are using NIS and nsswitch.conf is identical for hosts ( files nis) and
> services (nis files) on 6.5 and 7.0. I can telnet from the box to local
> host but all external boxes are unable to telnet in. You can ftp in and
> out .( but berolftp is running) . References in inetd poing to tcpd (
> wrappers) not telnet.
>
> Rachelle
> In a world with no walls or fences, who needs Windows or Gates?
How about to turn the service on...
have you tried linuxconf to do so?
manage service activity.
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