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(E-Mail Removed) (Tracy) wrote:
> I am working on a class and it requires me to telnet to a Linux from a
> windows 98 machine. Both of these computers started completely blank
> and I had to load the Operating systems. I have them hooked up and can
> ping each other. I can telnet to the linux from the linux, but can not
> telnet from the 98 machine. it is either not communicating with the
> Linux or something else is wrong. Could anybody give me some pointers,
> or direction. I have never used linux before. The next step is going
> to require being able to retrieve mail from the linux machine--but not
> worried about that part yet-- Thanks in advance
Quick checklist, slightly redundant.
Is the Linux machine running a telnet server, as standalone or through
inetd/xinetd? If so, is it configured properly? Is the Linux machine running
a firewall? If so, does it permit telnet connections (other than for
localhost, that is)?
Most current distributions of Linux do not have the telnet service runnning
as a default, as it's considered somewhat of a risk. For that matter, most of
the "standard" services that reply to the outside world default to being
disabled, requiring you to enable them either through inetd/xinetd or as part
of the init/rc process. That doesn't sound to be the problem here, though the
firewall might be. If your distribution installed a iptables/ipchains
firewall, that might where to look (and also where to look later down the
line, when enabling mail services).
Also of note: ssh is much preferred to telnet nowadays, as it's a lot more
secure. Most current distributions I know of have sshd available as part of
the standard install, though that also hase to be enabled to make use of it.
- Doug
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