On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 11:26:50PM -0700, rakesh pawar typed:
>
> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >
> >
> > Trying 192.9.10.2...
> > Connected to 192.9.10.2.
> > Escape character is '^]'.
> >
> > and just hangs there ...any ideas about what is
> >
>
> Do check your /etc/inetd.conf file and see wheteher
> the lines starting with ftp and telnet are commented.
> Remove the comment and restart the network and your
> problem will be solved.
>
Unless telnetd is running, he wouldn't get the Connected message - so
the problem certainly isn't in inetd.conf. More likely to be related to DNS
(The telnet daemon trying to reverse lookup the connecting machine). Either
set up DNS or put entries for all machines on your LAN in your /etc/hosts
file.
Kala
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