Kyle Hargraves wrote:
>>>
>>> kyle@johnson kyle]$ telnet purcell
>>> Trying 163.X.Y.Z...
>>> Connected to purcell.---etc--.au.
>>> Escape character is '^]'.
>>> Connection closed by foreign host.
>>> [kyle@johnson kyle]$
>>>
>>>
>>
> Actually this is not correct. True - inetd must be assigned
> a run level but from the above responses - OBVIOUSLY tcp
> (telnet) services are installed. Afterall - I can telnet OUT
> but some weir'ed Mandrake'ism is preventing the connection inbound
>
Well, no. Telnetting out is a completely different issue then telnetting
in. You use telnet as client and telnetd to accept connections. Did you
check whether the receiving service is in fact running:
service inetd status
or
service xinetd status
If one of them is running, check its configuration file(s) to see
whether they in fact start telnetd.
Andreas
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Prof. Dr. Andreas J. Guelzow
Chair of Science
Concordia University College of Alberta
http://www.math.concordia.ab.ca/aguelzow
