From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 13 11:53: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from copland.udel.edu (copland.udel.edu [128.175.13.92]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 266DE14E57 for ; Sat, 13 Nov 1999 11:53:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from papalia@UDel.Edu) Received: from morgaine (host75-157.student.udel.edu [128.175.75.157]) by copland.udel.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id OAA01115; Sat, 13 Nov 1999 14:49:17 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <4.1.19991113144710.0094bd20@mail.udel.edu> X-Sender: papalia@mail.udel.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 14:49:13 -0500 To: Jonathon McKitrick From: John Subject: Re: enabling telnet Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" In-Reply-To: <199911131933.NAA21403@zeus.anet-chi.com> References: <011d01bf2e05$a72b2500$0e91ddd1@balfourplace.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Taking a stab in the dark, if you have ipfw setup, of if you have an /etc/hosts.allow file, check them both. The default hosts.allow file rejects all services except for a few. I'm assuming that telnet is one of the services that would be on the reject list. --John >>There is , and i tried telnetting myself. >>It says 'Connection refused.' >> >>On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, Majid >>Almassari wrote: >> >>>check /etc/services and see if there is a definition for port 23 >>> >>>> I just have a laptop, so i've rebooted a number of times since then. I >>>> must be missing some other option in a config file somewhere. >>>> >>>> On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, Majid Almassari wrote: >>>> >>>> >Did you do killall -HUP inetd after you did the changes? >>>> > >>>> >Majid Almassari, MSEE, MCP. >>>> > >>>> >> In inetd.conf, i have telnet enabled. I would like to allow one friend >>>> >> to telnet to my machine for an account i have set up for him. But is >>>> >> tells connection refused... port service unavailable..... >>>> >> >>>> >> Do i need more entries? Or is this a security feature? >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>>> >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message