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Date:      Sat, 13 Nov 1999 15:07:44 -0500
From:      "Francisco Reyes" <fran@reyes.somos.net>
To:        "Jonathon McKitrick" <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: enabling telnet
Message-ID:  <199911132006.PAA20842@sanson.reyes.somos.net>

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On Sat, 13 Nov 1999 06:18:16 -0500, Jonathon McKitrick wrote:

>In inetd.conf, i have telnet enabled.  I would like to allow one friend
>to telnet to my machine for an account i have set up for him.  But is
>tells connection refused... port service unavailable.....
>
>Do i need more entries?  Or is this a security feature?

Do you have IPFW up?
As root try "ipfw list".

If you have a set or rules then one of them probably is the problem.

It may also be worthy trying to telnet to an outside box that you know has telnet enabled.




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