Hi Folks,
I finally found out what the problem was. There was no in.telnetd in
/usr/sbin, hence I believe there was no incoming telnet, I copied the said
file from an existing m/c.
Restarted the service and Voila! it worked.
Thanks for all the help extended.
regards,
sanvir
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Sanvir Singh Jham Tel: 694 1831/6619/6612/8617/ 5226/7/8
Velocient Technologies Limited Fax: 694 3732
New Delhi E-Mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Just Believe in the Best
On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Sanjeev Gupta wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Sanvir Singh Jham wrote:
>
> > Vi Vikas/Ambar
> > I am not able to telnet to the localhost, although I am able to ping the
> > localhost, host,and also to the ip, from the m/c itself. the telnet
> > services are listening at port 23
>
> How do you know? try
>
> nmap redhat-host-ip
>
> and see if port 23 is listened to. I suspect there is no telnetd
> installed.
>
> > , the smtp services listen at port 25.
> > so, if there is something wrong with the tcp/ip, how do I re-install it?
> > Thanks for support,
> >
> > regards,
> > sanvir
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Sanvir Singh Jham Tel: 694 1831/6619/6612/8617/ 5226/7/8
> > Velocient Technologies Limited Fax: 694 3732
> > New Delhi E-Mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Just Believe in the Best
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Vikas Pandit wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Sanvir,
> > > Try and telnet to localhost (this machine in question) or do a ping to
> > > itself. This test is done to check whether TCP/IP has been properly
> > > installed on the system. If it fails the test then TCP/IP is not installed
> > > properly on the system.
> > > You being able to telnet other machines is happening because your telnet
> > > client is ok (Client/Server).
> > > Another possibility is to check the /etc/services files about the port no at
> > > which telnet is listening to. By default it is 25.
> > > also telnet urself the following way
> > > ------------- telnet localhost 25
> > > This should be able to help us in identifying where the problem lies.
> > > try it and let me know the outcome.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Vikas.
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: Sanvir Singh Jham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >Subject: Re: [linux-delhi] Unable to Telnet
> > > >Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 13:34:52 +0530 (IST)
> > > >
> > > >Yes the daemon is running and it is shutting down and also coming up ok
> > > >during shutdown/bootup. Also the telnet services are not commented.
> > > >still at no solution.
> > > >
> > > >do help
> > > >regards,
> > > >sanvir
> > > >
> > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > >Sanvir Singh Jham Tel: 694 1831/6619/6612/8617/ 5226/7/8
> > > >Velocient Technologies Limited Fax: 694 3732
> > > >New Delhi E-Mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > > Just Believe in the Best
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Vikas Pandit wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Check whether the inetd daemon is running or not.
> > > > > command -- ps ax | grep inetd
> > > > > if it is not up use the setup utility from the command prompt and then
> > > >start
> > > > > the inetd service.
> > > > > At bootup check whether it shows an OK.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Vikas.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > >From: Ajit Ranade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > >Subject: Re: [linux-delhi] Unable to Telnet
> > > > > >Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 17:55:23 -0500
> > > > > >
> > > > > >sanvir wrote
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > I am able to connect this machine through windows explorere,
> > > > > > > ftp. But when I do a telnet to this m/c I am unable to get connected
> > > > > > > as the connection gets lost/closed. From this m/c I am able to
> > > > > > > telnet , ftp etc to other m/cs on the network. What might have gone
> > > > > > > wrong, is it some time time out issue??? I am not denying any hosts,
> > > > > > > either.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >check /etc/inetd.conf. under SERVICES is telnet diabled?
> > > > > >(i.e. commented out?) if it is remove comment (hash mark #) and then
> > > > > >run " kill -1 pid" where pid is process id of inetd, which you can get
> > > > > >from /var/run.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >hope this helps.
> > > > > >-akr
> > > > > >
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