From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 16 20:03:43 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id UAA11911 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 16 Nov 1995 20:03:43 -0800 Received: from ulc199.residence.gatech.edu (root@ulc199.residence.gatech.edu [199.77.162.99]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id UAA11895 for ; Thu, 16 Nov 1995 20:03:37 -0800 Received: (from ken@localhost) by ulc199.residence.gatech.edu (8.6.11/8.6.11) id XAA22271; Thu, 16 Nov 1995 23:03:04 -0500 From: Kenneth Merry Message-Id: <199511170403.XAA22271@ulc199.residence.gatech.edu> Subject: Re: 951104-SNAP - Can't telnet in (Solved!) To: jaykuri@interaccess.com (Jay Kuri) Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 23:03:03 -0500 (EST) Cc: maral@webnet.com.au, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Jay Kuri" at Nov 16, 95 09:26:19 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8a] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1480 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > > > > generic info: 2.1.0-951104-SNAP, SMC Elite 16C Ultra, DES and Kerberos > > > > distributions installed. > > > > I don't think this is kerberos related, since it shows up with > > > > finger, talk, etc. > > > > Does anyone have any ideas on this? > > > This is just a hunch, but try adding a domain name to /etc/sysconfig > > Hmm..what'll that do? I'm not running NIS, so setting the NIS > > domain name won't help..and my hostname is already fully qualified in > > /etc/sysconfig and in /etc/hosts. (i.e. hostname.subdomain.domain.edu) > > When I first installed the SNAP, I was getting problems with the > telnets as well. I got a strange message about a function not having the > right parameters, or something (unfortunately I don't remember it) I > recompiled telnet and telnetd and they worked fine from then on. This > may be unrelated as I was installing over an old distribution, but just > thought I'd mention it just in case it's not. > > Also, I too am using the 951104-SNAP, a SMC-elite 16C and DES and Kerberos. Well, I figured out how to solve the problem...(but not exactly what caused it) I recompiled inetd, and things work just fine! I don't see what difference that could make, since it doesn't seem to use any libraries other than libc...go figure. Thanks for the idea, I'm up and running now...:) Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@ulc199.residence.gatech.edu Disclaimer: I don't speak for GTRI, GT, or Elvis.