I assume you left the Cc: to linux-newbie off by accident, so I'm restoring
it for this message.
A test with root will not work because, in a normal telnet configuration,
the root account is blocked from logging in. This is a security feature - it
can be turned off, but doing so is not a good idea. I explained this in my
original reply to you.
Try again using an ordinary user account and see what happens.
The "ALL:ALL" line you're remembering goes in /etc/hosts.allow - but adding
it won't address this problem. It affects what hosts can use what services -
but if you get the login: prompt from a host, the telnet itself has already
succeeded - the problem is with the login, not the telnet. So none of the
suggestions I made in my second message apply - they were all based on a
misinterpretation of your second message, my thinking that you did not
receive a login: prompt.
At 11:58 AM 6/2/99 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
>I'm sorry.
>I forgot to tell:
>
>I try to telnet home0 from pc20
>c:\telnet 126.10.10.10 or
>c:\telnet home0
>
>I see
>Redhat .......(Apollo)....
>...................
>Login:
>
>then i type "root" + ENTER
>i see
>password:
>then i type "my password" + ENTER
>
>and i get "login incorrect"
>
>I checked hosts.deny and is empty.
>hosts.allow is empty too.
>
>BTW,
>somebody, couple of months ago, told me that i should add "ALL: ALL" or
>something somewhere in a file. But i donot remember where.
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