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Re: Problem with ftp and telnet setup

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From: Terry Porter
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 00:00
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On Thu, 19 Nov 1998 22:47:16 +1030, Mediocrates
 <Mediocrates@don'tbother.spammingme> wrote:
>At the moment I'm trying to setup my own ftp server and telnet facility,
>so I can send stuff to and fro from work. 
>
>/home/users > telnet Medusa
>Trying 0.0.0.0...
>telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: No route to host
>
>And trying localhost
>
>/home/users > telnet localhost
>Trying 127.0.0.1...
>telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out
>
>I'm not sure what it is, but I suspect it's my networking interfaces or
>my hosts.deny file. Here's what I've got :
>
>:::/etc/networks:::
>loopback        127.0.0.0
>localnet        0.0.0.0
>
>:::/etc/hosts:::
>127.0.0.1       localhost       loopback
>0.0.0.0 Medusa.picknowl.com.au  Medusa
>
>:::/etc/hosts.deny:::
>ALL: ALL
>
>:::/etc/ftphosts:::
>ALL:LOCAL
>
>BTW : this is doing telnet,ftp as user other than root.
>ftp gives similar errors. I've set the machine up for ppp access to my
>ISP, and my machine is not on a network.
>It's a RH 5.1 , Kernel 2.0.34 with a Cyrix 686.
>
>		Any help gratefully accepted,
>						Matt.

What about your /etc/hosts.allow ????

terry
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From: tjporter@no-spam.au (Terry Porter)
Subject: Re: Problem with ftp and telnet setup
Date: 1998/11/19
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