Jeremy - Here's a copy of a past mail.
Whoah!! I didn't realize the archive existed! I just went and visited it
and truly
like the keyword search feature!! NOW I can play hardball!! Thanks a
bundle!!
Kurt
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"R. David Whitlock" wrote:
> The archives being referred to here are the archives located at a link off
> the main mandrake-linux page where from a web interface you can browse
> past messages to both the newbie and expert lists, as well as search for
> phrases to locate similar answers from before...
>
> ALL users of the list should use this if at all possible to locate answers
> before posting, if at all possible...
>
> Later,
> David
>
> "Without the Law, there is no Liberty. Without Justice, there is no Law."
>
> On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Kurt wrote:
>
> > Thanks a bundle Philip! :o) I'll grab the server portion of things...
as long
> > as it serves beer ** burp ** 'Chuse Me!
> > I adhere to the RTFM rule, but "Using Linux, Third Edition" by Tackett
and
> > Gunter didn't seem to help on this particular issue.
> >
> > Thanks Again!!
> >
> > Kurt
> >
> >
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> >
> > Steve Philp wrote:
> >
> > > Kurt wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Simple and to the point here. After initial install of
Linux-Mandrake,
> > > > Telnet worked fine. However, after updating it via
Mandrake-Updates, it
> > > > appears broken and won't provide a user login and password screen...
> > > > only tells me that the escape character is ^] Why would I need an
> > > > escape character when the updated telnet doesn't provide me
something to
> > > > escape from? (Forgive me for humor... but it's a good way of
maintaining
> > > > your sanity!)
> > > >
> > > > Anyone got a clue as to what got changed, which causes Telnet to do
> > > > something like this? What am I missing???
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in Advance
> > >
> > > Simple and to the point: telnet client and server got split into two
> > > packages in the update. Grab the telnet-server package from your
> > > favorite mirror and you're back online.
> > >
> > > Oh, and the archives probably have extensive coverage of this topic.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Steve Philp
> > > Network Administrator
> > > Advance Packaging Corporation
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy Truelove [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 11:51 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] after installing 6.1..
Hi,
after installing mandrake 6.1 (fresh install), I am unable to telnet in
remotely. The
socket connects but after 3 seconds (and no login prompt) the client is
disconnected.
hosts.deny is empty. Is there something I'm missing here?
thanks,
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Jeremy Truelove
Network Administrator
C. Beck and Associates/Hoyle and Associates
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"So excuse me mister, but uh, I'm a mister too...and you're giving mister a
bad name,
mister like you.
So I'm taking the mister from out in front of your name, 'cause it's a
mister like you
that puts the
rest of us to shame." -Ben Harper
