You have install telnet server and ftp server (wu ftpd) from the CDs..
they are not installed by default...
I had this problem...the above was the solution...hope the same with you..
prasad.
On Tue, 22 May 2001, Diane Mairs-Ingram wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have mandrake linux installed on machine that I want to be able to telnet, ftp or
>ssh into from other hosts on the LAN. So far I have enabled the inetd daemon and
>commented out the respective lines in the inetd.conf file, for telnet and ftp. I have
>added the same user on the mandrake box that is on the other hosts. I have not added
>nor deleted anything from the hosts.allow and hosts.deny or ftpusers files. However
>I am not able to reach the login prompt with telnet and I cannot establish a
>connection with ftp. As for ssh I have not tried to configure it since I was having
>problems with ftp and telnet.
>
> Thanks
>
