The firewall may be the problem, since I have done nothing here, and am totally unaware of what to do. When I set the Server up last week, I selected MEDIUM firewall security and took the defaults. Sounds like I need to do something else. Can you tell me what?
Thanks, Billy ----- Original Message ----- From: "ABrady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 3:08 PM Subject: Re: Telnet connection fails > On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 14:48:42 -0400 > "Billy Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quietly intimated: > > > We have an RH7.2 Server on the same network with a Win2K Client and an > > SCO Server. All 3 systems can be successfully pinged from the other > > systems. However, when we try to telnet to the RedHat box from the > > Win2K Client, we get this message: > > > > Could not open a connection to host: Connect failed > > > > When we try to telnet to the RedHat box from the SCO box, we get this > > message: > > > > Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused > > > > When we try to telnet to the SCO box from the RedHat box, we get a > > successful login. > > > > We used serviceconf on the RedHat box to enable the telnet server and > > then rebooted the RedHat box. However, we notice with the ps -d > > command, that telnetd is NOT running. > > > > Both hosts.allow and hosts.deny are empty. > > > > What have we missed? > > > > Thanks > > How about the firewall? The port has to be open in order to accept > telnet. > > -- > I love the way Microsoft follows standards. In much the same manner > that fish follow migrating caribou. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
