From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 4 15:08:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA04893 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 4 Feb 1998 15:08:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pchb1f.gallaudet.edu (pchb1f.gallaudet.edu [134.231.8.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA04881 for ; Wed, 4 Feb 1998 15:08:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from flatline@pchb1f.gallaudet.edu) Received: from localhost (flatline@localhost) by pchb1f.gallaudet.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id SAA00456; Wed, 4 Feb 1998 18:05:14 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from flatline@pchb1f.gallaudet.edu) Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 18:05:14 -0500 (EST) From: Uncle Flatline To: Doug White cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 7 questions/problems from a former Linux, new FreeBSD user In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Organization: The Sprawl MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions" P.S. On Wed, 4 Feb 1998, Doug White wrote: > > 4) When telnetting to my Linux host, the system correctly translates > > IP name to IP numeric address, tells me it's connected, and then > > immediately says "Connection closed by foreign host". Telnetting > > from FreeBSD to other machines is fine, as is telnetting to the Linux > > machine from anything other than the FreeBSD machine. (Is this some > > authentication thing that I turned on during the install? Can I correct > > things without reinstalling?) > > Sounds like tcp wrappers are on on the Linux box and your FreeBSD machine > is blocked out. Also try disabling tcp_extensions in /etc/rc.conf. "rlogin" works, as does "ncftp". And the connection was fine when both machines were Linux. The IP names and addresses have remained the same, as has my /etc/hosts. However, I have not restored most of my other /etc files... Does the tcp wrappers theory still hold up with that evidence? (As I mentioned, I dunno anything about tcp wrappers.) -- Kevin Cole | E-mail: flatline@pchb1f.gallaudet.edu Gallaudet Research Institute | WWW: http://pchb1f.gallaudet.edu/ Hall Memorial Bldg S-419 | Voice: (202) 651-5135 Washington, D.C. 20002-3695 | FAX: (202) 651-5746