From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Nov 13 02:19:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA18297 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Fri, 13 Nov 1998 02:19:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from zeus.theinternet.com.au (zeus.theinternet.com.au [203.34.176.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA18286 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 1998 02:19:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from akm@zeus.theinternet.com.au) Received: (from akm@localhost) by zeus.theinternet.com.au (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA21804; Fri, 13 Nov 1998 20:11:11 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from akm) From: Andrew Kenneth Milton Message-Id: <199811131011.UAA21804@zeus.theinternet.com.au> Subject: Re: no more telnet In-Reply-To: from Andy Farkas at "Nov 13, 98 08:18:40 pm" To: andyf@speednet.com.au (Andy Farkas) Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 20:11:10 +1000 (EST) Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org +----[ Andy Farkas ]--------------------------------------------- | | Could somebody please explain why I can't get into one of my systems? I | am getting a 'telnetd: All network ports in use.' message when I try to | telnet to port 23, but other services are ok. Tcp_wrappers is installed. You usually need to install more ptys in your kernel config when you see this message. I'm not sure what effect TCP_wrappers will have on this, none I would imagine. If you already build a kernel with a lot of ptys, did you MAKEDEV them in /dev ? You will only be able to get in once either a) Someone logs off (or closes an xterm) b) You go to the console -- Totally Holistic Enterprises Internet| P:+61 7 3870 0066 | Andrew The Internet (Aust) Pty Ltd | F:+61 7 3870 4477 | Milton ACN: 082 081 472 | M:+61 416 022 411 |72 Col .Sig PO Box 837 Indooroopilly QLD 4068 |akm@theinternet.com.au|Specialist To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message