Hari, Are you using Microsoft Virtual PC? Are you able to ping to each other? Please reply these to get the Solution.
Regards, Ram On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Daniel Eggleston <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 12:23 AM, hari k <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi All >> >> I have installed RHEL 5 virtual machine on windows 2003 ,when I m trying >> to make telnet form windows 2003 to Linux it is giving could not open >> connetion to the host 23:connetion fialed errot >> >> I have checked xinetd services and made chkconfig On >> >> >> >> What to do next kindly guide ? >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> >> >> HARI >> > > Please post a new topic for new questions; this is not related to the post > you replied to. As for telnet not working, returning "connection fialed > errot" (connection failed error, presumably), it could be > > a) telnet is not starting properly (permissions) > b) firewall on 2003 prohibits outgoing telnet (unlikely) > c) firewall on RHEL prohibits incoming telnet (a good idea) > d) xinetd is configured wrong > e) telnet is not actually installed > f) telnet is not running on port 23 > .. and I'm sure there could be other reasons. > > Try running 'netstat -ta' as root on the RHEL server, and post the > results. Also try telnetting to localhost from within RHEL, and see what > happens. > > Is there a reason to use telnet specifically? If not, ssh is a far superior > alternative. > -- > > Daniel > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
