terry wrote:
>
> so do I Alan. same software and user. i've reinstalled linux again 7th time
> and
> it still does not work. this time i get a timeout to login allthough it
> connect to
> local linux machine using ip address it will not complete a ftp session.
>
> I think its got something to do with the domain..
>
> I have set Domain Name: megabitwest.net
> Host name: http://www.megabitwest.net *
>
> * by the way this is my URL , i hope to host my own domain with
> Linux!!!
>
> when i configured the lan ethernet card i chose ip # 209.54.142.164 (card in
> linux mach.)
> gateway ip #
> 209.54.142.161 (cisco dsl router)
> DNS server ip #
> 209.54.122.2 (my isp dns server)
>
> my /etc/inetd.conf has the line of:
> ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd
> in.ftpd -l -a
>
> this is what the installation came up with
>
> THIS IS BEYOND ME... HELP IF YOU CAN
>
Terry....hmmmm...in my setup Host name: looks like this:
Host name: alan.home.net
That is, the machine name <alan>.<home.net> and the domain name Yours
seem to be lacking a machine name and instead includes http://www.
Alan
