on Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 01:13:25PM +0800, Tommy Wu (newsletter@teatime.com.tw) wrote: > Hi! > > I just install a new woody linux box. > But I found that I can't telnet into this box even in localhost. > I can use any other protocol to this server, like ssh, ftp, www... but > only telnet can't work. > > when I try to telnet localhost, I got the message like: > > tommywu@hisdb:~$ telnet localhost > Trying 127.0.0.1... > Connected to localhost. > Escape character is '^]'. > Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 woody hisdb.tahsda.org.tw > Connection closed by foreign host. > tommywu@hisdb:~$ > > the log in syslog/daemon.log like: > > Aug 25 13:03:15 hisdb in.telnetd[3817]: connect from 127.0.0.1 What are in /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny? Moreover: why are you running telnetd? It is an insecure, unathenticated, unecrypted session protocol. For virtually all purposes, sshd is a drop in replacement, with ssh being available on all significant operating systems. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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