From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 25 22:25:44 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA11392 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 22:25:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA11387 for ; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 22:25:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id QAA05136; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 16:55:37 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.2/8.9.0) id QAA94113; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 16:55:36 +1030 (CST) Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 16:55:36 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Alex Heiphetz Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: telnet/ftp NOT DNS problem Message-ID: <19990126165536.W66239@freebie.lemis.com> References: <3.0.6.32.19990126004735.0090a840@cvzoom.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19990126004735.0090a840@cvzoom.net>; from Alex Heiphetz on Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 12:47:35AM -0500 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tuesday, 26 January 1999 at 0:47:35 -0500, Alex Heiphetz wrote: > Problem: > I can't telnet or ftp to FreeBSD box although I can work out of it fine, > ping, traceroute, etc. The connection just hangs for a couple minutes, > then tells me "cannot telnet..." > > When I run trafshow on the server, I do see request for telnet/ftp coming, > but inetd (which _is_ running) does not react. (conf files are OK, > telent and ftp are among allowed services). We used to have a problem with inetd. Can you telnet to localhost on this machine? Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message