Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 11:29:41 +0100 From: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie> To: andy t <g_et1@hotmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help!! telnet localhost denied Message-ID: <200107091129.aa15445@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 09 Jul 2001 00:48:09 -0000." <F245LnH8z6A2hh9fGIi0000efde@hotmail.com>
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In message <F245LnH8z6A2hh9fGIi0000efde@hotmail.com>, andy t writes: > >i've uncomented telnet on /etc/inetd.conf, but still i have that permission >denied > >> > Trying 127.0.0.1... >> > telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Permission denied The only think I know of that would return EPERM (Permission denied) to a connect request is a local firewall rule blocking such connections. If nothing was listening on the telnet port you'd get 'Connection refused', and if it was blocked by tcp wrappers it would say 'Connected to ...' followed by 'Connection closed by foreign host'. Do you have any ipfw or ipfilter rules in place that might block local telnet connections? Ian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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