Re: [PLUG] Telnet problem

[epike@isinet.com]

Oops I forgot, if telnet is indeed workign
its probably redhat's default iptables setup
could also be blocking you...

epike/jondz


> 
> hi
> 
> with RH 8.0 i suggest:
> 
> 1. verify telnetd is installed (rpm -q -a  | grep -i telnet
>    If its not installed, install it (yes sometimes 8.0
>    does not install it anymore, depends on which
>    kind of install you follow).
>   
>    i.e, on my box which is rh 7.2:
> 
>    [root@hagibis root]# rpm -q -a | grep -i telnet
>    telnet-server-0.17-20
>    
> 2. if its installed, its probably not listneing by
>    default, edit /etc/xinetd.d/telnet.  You will see
>    a line "disable = yes" change that to "disable = no".
> 3. You may want to limit telnet logins to specific 
>    hosts, you can do that by putting a line such
>    as: "only_from = 192.168.1.0 127.0.0.1" (my 
>    actual working config).
> 4. restart xinetd.  
> 
> regards
> epike / jondz
> 
> > 
> > I have a machine running Red Hat 8.0. I can telnet to the machine from the
> > machine, but when I try it remotely, I get a "Could not open a connection to
> > host: Connection failed" .My name resolution is working.  I'm very new to
> > Linux, so I don't really have any ideas.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Eric
> > 
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