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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!news.mira.net.au!pumpkin.pangea.ca!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!infeed1.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!dimensional.com!flatland.dimensional.com!not-for-mail From: mfuhr@dimensional.com (Michael Fuhr) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Interesting Telnet Problem Date: 11 Jul 1997 06:13:23 -0600 Organization: Dimensional Communications Lines: 14 Message-ID: <5q5813$3s6@flatland.dimensional.com> References: <868619581.373625@wicca.hi-line.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: flatland.dimensional.com Keywords: telnet ppp X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.1 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44270 beyer%/etc/HOSTNAME (Eric Beyer) writes: > #telnet isp.running-linux.edu > Trying 234.242.24.242... > Connected to isp.running-linux.edu > Escape character is '^]'. > Connection closed by foreign host. <--- I dont even get a login prompt. They might be running TCP Wrappers and aren't allowing telnet from your host. Check out /etc/inetd.conf and /etc/hosts.allow. -- Michael Fuhr http://www.dimensional.com/~mfuhr/