Good Morning, I'm a Linux newbie (with a little Solaris experience) stumped by this one - I can't get ftp or telnet access to my Linux box from a second PC. I have LM 7.2 loaded from a downloaded iso image (just 1st CD), loaded into an existing partition and configured as a "Recommended installation" type, I've chosen the "install all packages" option. After searching the list archives, "ntsysv" allowed me to set up inet to run on boot. /etc/inetd.conf now has lots of processes available - including FTP and telnet. And I no longer get a "Connection refused" message, as I did before. However, I still can't connect. When I FTP from my NT box (capella) to the LM box (betelgeuse) I get: Connected to betelgeuse. Connection closed by remote host. /etc/hosts.deny is empty, I've tried adding a line containing just "capella" to /etc/hosts.allow, makes no difference. /etc/hosts has an entry for capella - "ping capella" works fine. I've tried creating a /etc/hostname containing just "capella" without resolving it. I have an xterm session working fine (Hummingbird Exceed), and can get the Gnome desktop up with an XDMCP broadcast - so I have an NT taskbar (which I keep at the top of the screen) and a Gnome panel-bar (I don't know the correct term) displayed on the same screen. Wonderful! Now if only I could get FTP working I could actually shift some stuff across... Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Suggestions would be most welcome, Thanks in advance, Thomas.
