On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 07:43:35PM -0600, Chandra wrote: > > I am able to ping to my Red hat 8.0 system, but not able to login into > the system using telnet from my windows desktop and getting the > following error message. > > telnet: Connect to address:... Connection refused.
A couple of things could be happening. --Default security settings are blocking access to port 23 (telnet). --Telnet server is not installed. To check: rpm -qa | grep telnet-server If that does not show you telnet-server then you do not have it installed. You can install it from the CD's by using the RPM. --Telnet server installed, but not running. To turn it on type the following: /sbin/chkconfig telnet on With all of this having been said if you do not have a reason to use telnet, I highly suggest using ssh. Telnet sends information across the wire in plain text whereas with ssh the session is encrypted. From a *nix box just type ssh and then the name of your Red Hat 8.0 box. From a Windows box just do a search on putty at Google and download it to your Windows box. This tool will allow you to ssh to your Red Hat box. /jft -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
