On Mon, 05 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> So, I set up a web server Linux Mdrk 7 machine last week. It is fully
> there and working, but one problem:
> I can't get telnet or ftp to work, even from the konsole (telnet
> localhost).
>
> It keeps on with "connection refused by host".
>
> My inetd.conf file points to telnet being serviced through tcpd to
> in.telnetd as you would expect. There is no hosts.allow or hosts.deny
> files present. This is the way mine is at home and I often telnet
> localhost to run programs as root real easy.
>
> So, after having read all the man pages, all I can think of is tcpd is
> not allowing me through, but why? If possible, I'd like to leave tcpd
> in the mix, but if not I'll just use straight in.telnetd if that works.
>
> What else am i missing, something to do with hostname resolving?
>
What about "telnet-server" rpm? That's necessary to be able
to telnet in, although you REALLY should consider using SSH
instead of Telnet, as it's a LOT more secure, and harder to
hack. :-)
John
