Re: Fwd: Outbound telnet/ftp from cygwin not working

2005-08-05 Thread Brian Dessent
Brian Dessent wrote: > This happens when ... .. or alternatively, your $SYSTEMROOT variable wasn't set at all, as Dave said. Hard-coding it will fix the problem, but you really should find out why it's not set if that is the case, because it could lead to future mysterious problems. Past versio

Re: Fwd: Outbound telnet/ftp from cygwin not working

2005-08-05 Thread Brian Dessent
Michael Rilling wrote: > After doing a lot more googleing, I've stumbled upon this fix. Wonder > if you know about this issue? > > In regedit go to HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters > edit DataBasePath change %SystemRoot% to its real value (on mine its > C:\WINDOWS) Don't

Fwd: Outbound telnet/ftp from cygwin not working

2005-08-05 Thread Michael Rilling
s fixed my issue. Let me know if you've heard this before. regards, mike -- Forwarded message -- From: Michael Rilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Aug 5, 2005 11:25 AM Subject: Outbound telnet/ftp from cygwin not working To: cygwin@cygwin.com I've googled and can&

Re: Outbound telnet/ftp from cygwin not working

2005-08-05 Thread Brian Dessent
Michael Rilling wrote: > telnet: tcp/telnet: unknown service In addition to what Dave said, ensure that you have a symlink from /etc/services to %WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\services and that there is a line containing the telnet service in that file. This link should have been created upon ins

RE: Outbound telnet/ftp from cygwin not working

2005-08-05 Thread Dave Korn
Original Message >From: Michael Rilling >Sent: 05 August 2005 16:25 > I've googled and can't find answers to my issue. Several people have > mentioned the same issue, but no replies. Hope you can help. > > I've installed the latest cygwin base on my XP SP2 machine. > I've also installed

Outbound telnet/ftp from cygwin not working

2005-08-05 Thread Michael Rilling
I've googled and can't find answers to my issue. Several people have mentioned the same issue, but no replies. Hope you can help. I've installed the latest cygwin base on my XP SP2 machine. I've also installed inetutils along with the X stuff. I'm trying to do a simple telnet from within cygwin