Re: Connection Refused
On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 08:20:52AM -0400, tko@westgac3.dragon.com wrote:
> Kennedy Mutio writes:
> > I have just installed debian linux onto a machine and added it to my
> > network but I cannot telnet frm any other machine on the network to this
> > new machine. I have checked the hosts.allow and hosts.deny files in /etc
> > and changed them. I might have done this wrong but does anyone know what
> > else I should change/configure?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ken.
>
> Ken, Debian distribution is packaged as the most secure distribution for
> Linux. What you can expect with Debian is very paranoid settings for
> networking as compared with other distributions. You most likely will have to
> turn on the required services.
>
> Some basics:
>
> 1) Eye-ball the /etc/inetd.conf file and make sure the appropriate services are
> activated.
>
> 2) Do a 'ps -ax' and make sure '/usr/sbin/inetd' is running. You may have a
> problem and your system might not start up inetd.
>
> 3) As suggested by other members of this list, make sure that you have
> installed/configured the 'server' version of the service. When you telnet from
> the new machine, you are using the client version of a service (like ftp or
> telnet). When you come into the new machine from a remote machine, you are
> using the server version of the service (on the new machine).
>
> 4) You might want to eye-ball the '/etc/hosts' files of the machines for
> consistancy. The older machines may not know about the new machine. In the
> case of a name server (DNS) on your network, you might want to check it's
> table(s).
While these are all good...
often you will find the most despisable default setting in /etc/hosts.deny
ALL: PARANOID
Print out a copy of this....Then burn it!
then comment it out in the file....
-Steve
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