Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 18:05:14 -0500 (EST) From: Uncle Flatline <flatline@pchb1f.gallaudet.edu> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 7 questions/problems from a former Linux, new FreeBSD user Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980204180028.429A-100000@pchb1f.gallaudet.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980204132958.15689X-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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P.S. On Wed, 4 Feb 1998, Doug White wrote: > > 4) When telnetting to my Linux host, the system correctly translates > > IP name to IP numeric address, tells me it's connected, and then > > immediately says "Connection closed by foreign host". Telnetting > > from FreeBSD to other machines is fine, as is telnetting to the Linux > > machine from anything other than the FreeBSD machine. (Is this some > > authentication thing that I turned on during the install? Can I correct > > things without reinstalling?) > > Sounds like tcp wrappers are on on the Linux box and your FreeBSD machine > is blocked out. Also try disabling tcp_extensions in /etc/rc.conf. "rlogin" works, as does "ncftp". And the connection was fine when both machines were Linux. The IP names and addresses have remained the same, as has my /etc/hosts. However, I have not restored most of my other /etc files... Does the tcp wrappers theory still hold up with that evidence? (As I mentioned, I dunno anything about tcp wrappers.) -- Kevin Cole <Flatline> | E-mail: flatline@pchb1f.gallaudet.edu Gallaudet Research Institute | WWW: http://pchb1f.gallaudet.edu/ Hall Memorial Bldg S-419 | Voice: (202) 651-5135 Washington, D.C. 20002-3695 | FAX: (202) 651-5746
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