On Sunday 26 March 2006 23:58, THUFIR HAWAT wrote: > I want to test that leafnode is up and running, so am using telnet: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ whoami > thufir > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ telnet localhost 119 > Trying 127.0.0.1... > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ telnet localhost > Trying 127.0.0.1... > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ping localhost > PING hawat.thufir.gmail.com (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. > 64 bytes from hawat.thufir.gmail.com (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 > time=0.090 ms > 64 bytes from hawat.thufir.gmail.com (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 > time=0.073 ms > 64 bytes from hawat.thufir.gmail.com (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 > time=0.073 ms > 64 bytes from hawat.thufir.gmail.com (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 > time=0.071 ms > > --- hawat.thufir.gmail.com ping statistics --- > 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 2997ms > rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.071/0.076/0.090/0.013 ms > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ date > Mon Mar 27 05:56:59 IST 2006 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ telnet vcn.bc.ca > Trying 207.102.64.2... > Connected to vcn.bc.ca. > Escape character is '^]'. > > > SunOS 5.8 > > login: > > [...] > > > > Why can I not telnet to my own localhost? > > > > thanks, > > > Thufir
The localhost is not a service.... it's an ip. Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
