From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 16 23:37:52 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA13992 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 16 Sep 1996 23:37:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Campino.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE (campino.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE [137.226.225.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA13957 for ; Mon, 16 Sep 1996 23:37:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de [137.226.31.2]) by Campino.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE (RBI-Z-5/8.6.12) with ESMTP id IAA23968; Tue, 17 Sep 1996 08:37:13 +0200 Received: (from kuku@localhost) by gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (8.6.11/8.6.9) id IAA28713; Tue, 17 Sep 1996 08:44:18 +0200 Message-Id: <199609170644.IAA28713@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 08:44:18 +0200 From: kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (Christoph P. Kukulies) To: frankd@yoda.fdt.net (Frank Seltzer) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Permission denied In-Reply-To: ; from Frank Seltzer on Sep 16, 1996 16:37:05 -0400 References: X-Mailer: Mutt 0.43 Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Frank Seltzer writes: > I have just setup a small (2 machine) home network. I can ping from one > machine to the other fine, but when I try to ftp or telnet from one to the > other I get: > > Unable to connect to remote host: Permission denied > > I have searched the mail archives and the handbook in vain for a solution. > Can anyone help me out here? Looks like something's is very screwed with your installation. What version of FreeBSD are you running? How did you install? Is this the exact message? Do /usr/libexec and /usr/libexec/telnetd have the right permissions? > > BTW, once I get this straightened out I plan to connect my wife's Win95 > machine to the net. Is there a doc somewhere that will lead me through > this? Look for /usr/ports/net/samba (resp. the package) and read through its docs. Give your FreeBSD the abaility to be server for Win95/WinXX machines. > > Thanks, > Frank > -- > Only in America can a homeless veteran sleep in a cardboard box while a > draft dodger sleeps in the White House - anonymous > -- --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de