What about hosts.allow? I believe you must add the "IP" and localhost to this file. And telnet and inetd or xinetd must be running... Salu2, óscar. El Mar 31 Jul 2001 18:05, escribiste: > <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV>Hi:</DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV>I have a linux(mandrake) server and its "hosts.deny" file deny All > except localhost and another "ip" . </DIV> <DIV>The problem is that I am > not able to access this server remotely through telnet from any machine not > even from the machine having same "ip" as mentioned in the host.deny > file. Only once I could access it remotely through telnet from machine with > "ip".</DIV> <DIV>Error msg that I get is "Remote system refused the > connection .."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV>And also I am not able to login through server terminal because the > keyboard is not getting connected. when I connect the keyboard, initially > three lights of the keyboard(caps, num and scroll lock) blinks for a > second and then goes off.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV>I am using this server as gateway, its runing fine other than the fact > I am not able get hold of it :)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV>Can anyone help me out ? Have my server been hacked ?</DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV>Thanks</DIV> > <DIV>Jawad</DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN > Explorer at <a > href='http://go.msn.com/bql/hmtag_itl_EN.asp'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><b >r></html> -------------------------------------------------------