Hi Anil, By default telnet is disabled..u need to enable it by modifying the following
#vi /etc/xinetd.d/telnet service telnet { flags = REUSE socket_type = stream wait = no user = root server = /usr/sbin/in.telnetd log_on_failure += USERID disable = no } #### # service xinetd restart # telnet 127.0.0.1 u cant login using root password..use any other userid u can try the following command to see wihch ports r open on ur box # nmap -sS 127.0.0.1 Regards, Peeyush Maurya http://www.peeyush.tk/ http://geocities.com/peeyush_maurya/ --- Amit Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi Peeyush, > > i reinstalled/ reconfigured postfix and that warning is > not coming now. > > but this time i am having another problem : > > i have installed postfix-2.0.11-5 on fedora core 1 > > i am unable to telnet port 25, here is the output : > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# telnet localhost 25 > Trying 127.0.0.1... > Connected to localhost. > Escape character is '^]'. > Connection closed by foreign host. > > > i don't have Iptables or any other firewall installed. > > what could be the cause? > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/