On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Mark Hernandez wrote:
> I have an Slackware e-mail server where I use Outlook Express to fetch
> mails from it. Once in a while, I used to telnet the server then pine
and
> so and so. But just yesterday it couldnt connect, I thought, it was just
a DNS problem, so I tried to telnet using its IP but with the same result.
> I pinged the server and gives me a connection.
> I looked @ the inetd.conf, but the services telnet and ftp are not disabled.
> What seems to be the problem?
>
try checking these:
1. look in the logs for messages
2. check /etc/hosts.allow , /etc/hosts.deny, /etc/login.access
3. check files /usr/sbin/tcpd , /usr/sbin/in.*
4. sometimes connection gets unpredictable if reverse dns maps to a
different hostname ... but sometimes it is ok (got to verify this)
5. you could migrate to xinetd, it is much more reliable.
hth,
-Mark
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