Kyle Hargraves wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> with regard to Mandrake 7.2 (with all recent .rpms installed)
> and with nothing in /etc/hosts.deny and either an empty /etc/hosts.allow
> or appropriate entries in /etc/hosts.allow I cannot telnet to
> a recently built Mandrake 7.2 box. I get the initial "connection" then
> a rejection :
>
> viz.
>
> kyle@johnson kyle]$ telnet purcell
> Trying 163.X.Y.Z...
> Connected to purcell.---etc--.au.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> [kyle@johnson kyle]$
>
> Clearly there is some Mandrake'ism (a file or whatever) preventing
> this connection
>
> cheers,
>
> Kyle Hargraves
>
> Red Hat user - trying out Mandrake 7.2
Unless you chose the "server" install, by default Mandrake doesn't
install the telnet server. Or any servers for that matter.
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