Done! Works like a charm! Thanks!
Bryan
John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 09/14/99 10:27:13 AM
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Subject: Re: [newbie] Similar Telnet Problem
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> I have a similar telnet problem to the person who couldn't telnet into their
> box. After installing Mandrake, I could telnet in/out with no problems.
> However, the other night curiosity got the better of me and I clicked the
update
> icon to see what would happen. After the download/install finished, and I
> rebooted my box, I could no longer telnet _into_ my box. telnetting out works
> fine, as does ftp in/out. Does this sound like the telnet server needs to be
> installed, or a hosed configuration file somewhere? As information, I ran
> tcpdchk? or chktcpd? or something like that thinking that I read somewhere
that
> that may diagnose problems. It said that popr3d? and in.telnetd could not be
> found in /usr/bin (/sbin). Could this be the problem?? Forgive my not
> remembering exact details as this happened late last night at home and it is
now
> early this morning at work. If I am leaving out any helpful information,
please
> let me know.
>
RTFArchive! It's a known "bug" (if you want to call it
that.) The telnet package was split into "client" and
"server" versions. You only installed the "client" version.
Go get the server.
