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Date:      Mon, 13 Jan 2003 15:13:16 -0000
From:      "Barry Byrne" <barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com>
To:        "Jeff LaMarche" <jeff_lamarche@mac.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Can't telnet or FTP
Message-ID:  <NCBBIAMNAKDKFJIIGNPKAENGKKAA.barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <86B3B446-2708-11D7-B33F-003065CD9124@mac.com>

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jeff LaMarche

> I just did a clean install of 4.7 (I was running 4.0 previously) on a
> machine that I'm using as primarily as a network gateway and firewall
> and also as a file server. It installed fine and is working natd & ipfw
> are working beautifully. However, I am unable to telnet or ftp into the
> box using either adaptor's ip address - I get a "connection refused"
> message. I did set up anonymous ftp access during the install.
>
> I'm assuming that I did something wrong in the setup to make it disable
> remote access. Can anyone tell me what I might have done and how I can
> re-enable remote access to this box?

Jeff:

You need to uncomment the relevant entries in /etc/inetd.conf and the
restart inetd.

BTW: you might want to consider using ssh in place of telnet. ssh is enabled
by default
and provides an encrypted session.

Cheers,

Barry


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