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Date:      Fri, 10 Mar 1995 11:36:06 +0000 ()
From:      Bill Burcham <billrb@igor.sjhs.org>
To:        Bill Allison <wallison@ifc.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: baffling telnet/ftp problem
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.950310113345.8540A-100000@igor.sjhs.org>
In-Reply-To: <199503092033.LAA14402@ifc.com>

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Ive seen something like this before. Make sure your terminal emulator is 
using 8N1(8 bits, No parity, 1 stop bit). If you are using a 7N1 or 
some-such, you will get a login and a password but then it will hang 
there--much as you've described. Hope it helps.

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On Thu, 9 Mar 1995, Bill Allison wrote:

> I just set up a FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 system, and everything seems to work fine
> from the console.    When I try to telnet in, I get a login prompt, and then
> after I issue my password, the screen freezes before the motd can come on.
> 
> Similarly in ftp, I can login, but when it tries to open the connection for
> /bin/ls everything freezes.  The connection seems to be open, and a lastlog
> shows me as still logged in, but it is dead in the water...
> 
> I checked file permissions, and I CAN telnet in or ftp in from the console.
> Just no remote machines...
> 
> I'm stumped.
> 
> Bill
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> William Allison
> Ian Freed Consulting, Inc.         
> Seattle,  WA  98104  
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> 
> 



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