Honestly, it doesn't sound like the server is installed, but I think that with 7.1, it was installed automatically unless you tell it otherwise. Make sure it is installed. [root@r2d2 /root] rpm -qa | grep telnet telnet-0.17-7mdk gnome-telnet-2.4-2mdk ktelnet-0.7b1-7mdk You need to make sure the telnet-server is listed there. I don't use telnet due to security issues, so it's not installed on my machine. Do the same thing with FTP. The two apps that run FTP servers are ProFTP and WU-Ftp. [root@r2d2 /etc] rpm -qa | grep wu-ftp [root@r2d2 /etc] rpm -qa | grep proftp proftpd-1.2.2-0.rc1.3mdk At which point try using ntsysv to make sure the daemons are started. But it sounds like you don't have those servers installed from what I've gathered from your post. tdh -- T. Holmes ----------------- UNIXTECHS.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------- "Real Men Us Vi!" Uptime: -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:33AM up 6 days, 21:26, 7 users, load averages: 0.03, 0.02, 0.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------- | Hi folks, | | I've got a problem with a recent new installation of Linux-Mandrake v 7.1. | The installation was completed without any errors. The PC is connected to an | office LAN. I've set up the network options, although I've copied the domain | & gateway settings from an WinNT box. | | The problem is the telnet & ftp services are not reachable from another PC | on the LAN. I can ping the Linux box OK, but when I try to telnet or ftp, I | get the message "Connection to host lost" | | I've checked the processes that are running, both ftp & telnet are NOT | running, however when I reboot the box the network processes say they load | ok. | | Can anyone point me in the direction of how to get the telnet & ftp | processes to start automatically? | | Thanks, | Gareth | | ------------------------------------------------------------------
