Ping but not able to ftp or telnet

[Eric Thelin]

On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Sundar Narayanasamy wrote:

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

inetd isn't running.  See below.

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

Do you have netkit-base installed?  It is the package that contains
/usr/sbin/inetd and its config file /etc/inetd.conf.  It would seem odd
that it wouldn't be installed because it is very basic and I would
expect all distros to install it.  But either this package isn't
installed or you have deleted the inetd.conf file.  You need to make
sure this is installed, ftp and telnet are enabled and then start inetd
with:

sh# service inet start

Eric

>
> 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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Eric Thelin                                          erict@aztechbiz.com
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