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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!rpi!psinntp!psinntp!newstand.syr.edu!foudil From: foudil@npac.syr.edu (Kamal Foudil-Bey) Subject: Re: 386bsd networking -- help needed Message-ID: <1992Sep26.204831.29886@newstand.syr.edu> Organization: Northeast Parallel Architectures Center at Syracuse University (NPAC) References: <1992Sep26.064847.7025@pool.info.sunyit.edu> <1992Sep26.082843.10492@pool.info.sunyit.edu> Date: Sat, 26 Sep 92 20:48:30 EDT Lines: 26 In article <1992Sep26.082843.10492@pool.info.sunyit.edu> ujlh@pool.info.sunyit.edu (James Henrickson) writes: >I said: >> >>I would like to eventually network two 386bsd systems but first I would >>like to get one working as a "stand alone" system. So far, I can't get >>rlogin, telnet, or ftp to work. I get a "Permission denied" message when >>trying to connect. I get a similar message from talk, also. It is >>probably a configuration problem, since I am new to network administration. >>I would appreciate it very much if someone could assist me with setting up >>the necessary files, since the man pages have only gotten me to this point. >> > >OK, I have narrowed things down somewhat. > >I set up an entry in /etc/hosts for localhost and can now connect with >rlogin, telnet, and ftp. What do I do now? I would like to use a regular >address (such as 0.0.0.1) for my first system, but can't manage to get >it to work. > >-- >Jim H. >* >* James L. Henrickson >* ujlh@sunyit.edu "Some day I might have a real .signature!"