On 30 Dec 2001, nate wrote: > <quote who="Anthony Campbell"> > > On my desktop, I can telnet to myself but not ftp. > > On my laptop, I can ftp to myself but not telnet. > > > > Any suggestions for what needs to be configured? Is this perhaps > > why plip won't connect the two machines? > > check inetd.conf or xinetd.conf if you use xinetd for > the telnet service. make sure telnetd is installed > (that is if you really want it). as for ftp there > is ftpds that run both inside inetd(e.g. ftpd) and > ftpds that can run outside of inetd(e.g. proftpd) > so check what ftpd you have installed and reconfigure > it in inetd.conf/xinetd.conf or if you have proftpd, > proftpd.conf if you really want ftpd running. > > as for plip, i have never used it, can't imagine > a situation where i'd ever need it so ..can't > really help you there. > > nate >
On neither of these machines does /etc/identd.conf say anything about telnet or ftp. I'm giving up on plip, at least for the present; I've spent the best part of 3 days on it, reading HOWTOs until I'm cross-eyed, and can't afford to have my parallel port locked up all the time. I thought it would be a good way of backing stuff up but it seems to be too difficult to be practical. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux GNU/Debian (Windows-free zone) For an electronic book (The Assassins of Alamut), skeptical essays, and over 150 book reviews, go to: http://www.acampbell.org.uk/ Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. [Carl Sagan]
