Ping but not able to ftp or telnet

[Sundar Narayanasamy]

For
$ ps aux|grep inetd
my output is:
root       639  0.0  0.7  1360    504 tty1   S  21:44 0:00 grep inetd

And I do not have inetd.conf file. The lines in other 2 files(deny, allow)
are commented out.

Sundar

On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 21:33:49 -0700 (MST),
plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us wrote:

>  I would expect the problem to be one of the following:
>  
>  1) inetd isn't running
>  
>  Test with:
>  sh$ ps aux|grep inetd
>  Output should contain a line like:
>  root       601  0.0  0.0  1056    0 ?        SW   Feb21   0:00 [inetd]
>  
>  2) /etc/inetd.conf file isn't configured to run ftpd or telnet
>  
>  Test with:
>  sh$ grep ftpd /etc/inetd.conf
>  Output should contain a line like:
>  ftp     stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  in.ftpd -l -a
>  Make sure the line isn't commented out with a '#' as the first character
>  Telnet is a similar test
>  
>  3) /etc/hosts.deny disallows all access and /etc/hosts.allow doesn't
>  allow access from the ip/port configuration you are using
>  
>  Test with:
>  grep ALL /etc/hosts.allow
>  For the simplest solution (not the most secure) the previous command
>  should have no output or the line should start with a '#'
>  
>  If none of these point you to the problem post more information and I am
>  sure either I or someone else can help you more.  If you are still lost
>  then let us know and someone can go into more details about each of
these.
>  
>  Eric
>  
>  On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, jhjk kjhkjhk wrote:
>  
>  >
>  > Hello,
>  >
>  > I have a problem with ftp-ing to my linux box. I recently installed on
one
>  > of my machines RedHat6.2. The other two(Solaris and Windows2000)
machines on
>  > the network can ftp each other with out any problem. And I am able to
ftp to
>  > other machines from my Linux box. But when I telnet or ftp to Linux
box, I
>  > get
>  >
>  > ftp:connect: connection refused.
>  >
>  > I am able to ping the Linux box, though.
>  >
>  > Any help will be appreciated.
>  >
>  > Sundar
>  
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