Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 23:48:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Patrick Goodwill <goodwill@cheese.stanford.edu> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: servname not supported for ai_socktype Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008232345360.3892-100000@cheese.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008231455300.506-100000@cheese.stanford.edu>
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I'll respond to my own message with a solution. ...after looking around and reading solaris email lists, i figured out my /etc/services file was corrupt. i fixed it, rebooted, and ta-da! everything was back to working. this does mean, however, that the SSH client that ships with 4.1 is strange and doesn't use the services file. -patrick. On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Patrick Goodwill wrote: > To all: > > I have a rather strange problem, if any of you can help, i'd be most > appreciative. > > I'm currently running freebsd 4.0. It was working like a charm until, > randomly, TELNET and FTP stopped working, but SSH continues to work. > Since I usually use SSH, i don't know when / what broke them. > > Whenever I try and use telnet or ftp, my system responds, "servname not > supported for ai_socktype". It also refuses incoming connections... but > only to TELNET and FTP, HTTP still accepts with no qualms. > > Any ideas? > > Patrick. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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