On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, David wrote: > > telnet and ftp are disabled by default (as they should be). > The easiest thing to do is simply NOT use telnet .. use SSH instead. If > you really want to use telnet, you need to edit /etc/xinit.d/telnet to > enable it. Same goes for ftp.
Rather than editting the above, I suggest that you run ntsysv and just flag telnet on/off as required. Much less risk of stuffing up the config. BTW, you still need to run as below. > > Then run /etc/init.d/xinetd restart > > ftp to outside boxes works because you are using a client, not a server. > > > (example given is RH7.2 ... not sure what others do). > > On Mon, 8 Jul 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi! ya, > > > > I have a Linux question. > > I am running > > > > Linux localhost.localdomain 2.4.7-10 #1 Thu Sep 6 16:46:36 EDT 2001 i686 > > > > I have a peculiar problem: > > > > My machine does not allow any type of connection telnet. > > > > I can't even connect to localhost(127.0.0.1) > > > > Never mind connections comming outside. > > > > It is connected over ADSL. > > > > But I can ftp any site outside my box. > > > > It's just my box does not allow any connections. > > > > This is some security issue. > > but I have disabled all firewall rules. > > Have you encountered this? > > > > This prevents me testing my nameserver that I am trying to run on it. > > > > Any help is appreciated , I am on a tight schedule here. > > > > thanks, > > --ajith > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > > > > > -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people Contact detail at http://www.lannetlinux.com "He, who will not reason, is a bigot; he, who cannot, is a fool; and he, who dares not, is a slave." - William Drummond, Scottish writer (1585-1649) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
