Re: telnet unable to connect
* Paul Scott (waterhorse@ultrasw.com) [Dec 16. 2001 01:54]:
> My two computers with fixed IP's can ping each other but telnet says
> "unable to connect to remote host" I would guess it might have to do
> with file permissions. I just need this because of the X lockups I get
> often enough to be a problem.
> TIA for hints as to where to look or what I should be reading.
Do you have a telnet daemon running on the remote host? If so, check the
remote hosts' /etc/hosts.deny and hosts.allow. man 5 hosts_access
You should really be using ssh. Any reason why you're stuck on telnet?
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