Hi,
I'd check /var/log/messages for clues.
Are you trying to log in as root by any chance? It won't let you do that.
Gavin
on 6/17/00 3:36 PM, Joel VanderWerf wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm running Mdk 6.0 at home and 7.0 at work. I can telnet into the 7.0.
> But I can't telnet into the 6.0.
>
> (Before anyone suggests using ssh istead: I do use ssh exclusively at
> work. I'm setting up a local network at home, not connected to the
> internet, and I want to run the MI/X X server on a Mac. So telnet is
> fine, AFAIKBIMBW.)
>
> What happens is:
>
> $ telnet localhost
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to prairie.grass.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> Connection closed by foreign host.
>
> Same if I use the local network IP address.
>
> I've watched in kpm to see what processes are actually starting (had to
> set the update rate to 100ms), and in.telnetd does run, for about 2sec.
>
> There's no problem with telnet from this guy to other locations on the
> internet (except the security problem, of course).
>
> Here's the files that I think are relevant:
>
> /etc/inedt.conf has this line:
>
> telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd
> in.telnetd
>
> /etc/hosts.allow has just one line:
> ALL: ALL
>
> /etc/hosts.deny is empty
>
> After these changes, I did the following:
> # killall -HUP inetd
> # /etc/rc.d/init.d/inet restart
>
> I even tried rebooting.
>
> Then I try to telnet and get the message shown above. I'm stumped!
