Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 12:46:15 -0400 From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: Chris Odom <chris@digitech.net> Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: telnet to freebsd box, says connected but never says "login:" Message-ID: <9606141646.AA16992@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <01BB5942.21C20E60@codom.digitech.net> References: <01BB5942.21C20E60@codom.digitech.net>
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<<On Thu, 13 Jun 1996 16:05:23 -0700, Chris Odom <chris@digitech.net> said: > I just got my FreeBSD 2.1 box on our local ethernet. I can ping it. When I telnet to it, > it says "Connected to x.x.x.x", but it never says "login:". It is probably trying to resolve the inverse mapping of your IP address, and failing because name service is configured incorrectly. Check your /etc/host.conf, /etc/resolv.conf, and /etc/hosts files. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
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