Re: telnet unable to connect

2001-12-16 Thread Ray Spartz
Not sure if this helps, since I am just now installing debian for the 1st time. If the file /etc/securetty exists, delete it, and root should be able to telnet in to that machine. (from RH6.2-zoot) At 10:59 AM 12/16/2001 -0500, Marc Britten wrote: On Sun, 2001-12-16 at 02:36, Paul Scott wr

Re: telnet unable to connect

2001-12-16 Thread Marc Britten
On Sun, 2001-12-16 at 02:36, Paul Scott wrote: > Thanks, I was aware of that and these two machines are right next to > each other and just used by me and my wife. OTOH I now realize that I > should not setup or allow telnet at all. Is the setup for ssh exactly > the same as for telnet. I d

Re: telnet unable to connect

2001-12-16 Thread Brian Clark
* Paul Scott ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Dec 16. 2001 02:38]: > should not setup or allow telnet at all. Is the setup for ssh exactly > the same as for telnet. I didn't see it in the example I found in the > HOWTO. (~)% dpkg -l ssh | grep ssh ii ssh 3.0.1p1-1.2 Secure rlogin/rsh

Re: telnet unable to connect

2001-12-16 Thread Paul Scott
Brian Clark wrote: * Paul Scott ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Dec 16. 2001 01:54]: My two computers with fixed IP's can ping each other but telnet says "unable to connect to remote host" I would guess it might have to do with file permissions. I just need this because of the X lockups I get often

Re: telnet unable to connect

2001-12-16 Thread Brian Clark
* Paul Scott ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Dec 16. 2001 01:54]: > My two computers with fixed IP's can ping each other but telnet says > "unable to connect to remote host" I would guess it might have to do > with file permissions. I just need this because of the X lockups I get > often enough to be a

Re: telnet unable to connect

2001-12-16 Thread Paul Scott
Karsten M. Self wrote: on Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 11:55:07PM -0700, Paul Scott ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I have looked at as much documentation as I can and I haven't found the answer to this simple question: My two computers with fixed IP's can ping each other but telnet says "unable to conn

Re: telnet unable to connect

2001-12-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 11:55:07PM -0700, Paul Scott ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I have looked at as much documentation as I can and I haven't found the > answer to this simple question: > > My two computers with fixed IP's can ping each other but telnet says > "unable to connect to remote host