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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mnemosyne.cs.du.edu!mercury.cair.du.edu!echadez From: echadez@solaris.carl.org (Edward Chadez) Subject: simple inetd question/problem Message-ID: <CEEsss.F9F@du.edu> Sender: news@du.edu (USENET News System) Organization: CARL Systems, Inc. X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1993 05:34:03 GMT Lines: 31 I've successfully (with some help from my friends) gotten my ether-net card up and running under FreeBSD on my '486. However, inetd isn't doesn't seem to be answering requests comming in. I can't telnet to my own machine, for example, nor can I ftp to myself (and I can't telnet/ftp/finger my machine from other unix boxes in the office). The connection is established, but no prompt shows up. (Twice, for no reason and by no means that I can re- produce, I -did- get a login prompt when telnetting to my own machine.) Inetd is running (status Ss -- asleep). I'm using the default /etc/inetd.conf file, along with the default /etc/services file that came with the distribution. Telnetd, nor ftpd, don't show up on the task list when someone is trying to connect in. Also--running /usr/libexec/telnetd all by itself gives a error (I can't recall what it is right now). I -can- telnet/ftp/finger from the '486 to other machines without any problems. Thanks in advance for any assistance; I'd like to solve this one on my own but could use any pointers anyone may offer. This is probably another FAQ that I've overlooked (and I wouldn't mind being pointed in that direction if necessary). Ed ps--thanks to those who replied to my query on using the ether-net card. It was a simple solution, and I hope the inetd problem has a simular 'simple' answer. -- These opions are mine, and do not necessarily express those of my employer. Edward Chadez Internet: echadez@carl.org Programmer Analyst CARL Systems, Inc