From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 25 22:10:19 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id WAA09359 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 25 Apr 1996 22:10:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from seabass.progroup.com (catfish.progroup.com [206.24.122.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA09354 for ; Thu, 25 Apr 1996 22:10:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from craig@localhost) by seabass.progroup.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id VAA24208 for questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 25 Apr 1996 21:38:28 -0700 Message-Id: <199604260438.VAA24208@seabass.progroup.com> Subject: Re: Telnet Misconfigured? To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 21:38:28 -0700 (PDT) From: "Craig Shaver" In-Reply-To: <2.2.16.19960426004927.2f071424@mail.jaxnet.com> from "Ben Wern" at Apr 25, 96 08:49:27 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25 ME8b] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Greetings. > > I'm having trouble, once again, getting telnet to function. I had this > problem once before, but lost the installation before I documented what I > had done to solve it. (Duh!) > > What is happening, is telnets into this machine are connecting, but are not > alowing me to login. Usually, this is manifest by two identification lines, > followed by two login: prompts. However, before you can attempt to login, it > disconnects. Occasionally, it tells me that login_tty is denied. > I am trying to telnet to my freebsd box over the net and I am not connecting at all. It just times out. I can telnet to a slowaris box on the same net as the bsd box and then rlogin to the bsd box. Does telnet need to be enabled or configured in some way on the freebsd system? Thanks, -- Craig Shaver (craig@progroup.com) (415)390-0654 Productivity Group POB 60458 Sunnyvale, CA 94088