Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 10:54:23 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: darryl@osborne-ind.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.1 & telnet Message-ID: <4023C6BF.3050301@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <003201c3eccb$ca1b5150$0701a8c0@darryl> References: <003201c3eccb$ca1b5150$0701a8c0@darryl>
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Darryl Hoar wrote:
>Greetings,
>I have tried to get putty configured to access my 5.1 release box using
>SSH. No joy, and I'm quite tired of trying.
>
>I tried to enable telnet on my 5.1 box. Uncommented inetd.conf line, and
>verified that the services line was in place. I tried to connect to the
>box
>with telnet and got a connection refused. Even rebooted the box with the
>same result.
>
>I am accessing this box on my internal network, and my firewall blocks
>the telnet port, so I'm not worried about outside access. So, telnet will
>get me by for now.
>
>Any ideas what's wrong ?
>
>BTW, searched the mailing list archives on freebsd.org , but didn't find
>info about this.
>
>thanks,
>Darryl
>
>
>
"Your firewall blocks the telnet port" ...
Are you sure that:
1. Your firewall is not blocking the port
on your LAN interface as well?
2. Your telnet/PuTTY session is attempting
to connect to the correct interface?
Kevin Kinsey
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