Bad new is my Linux system crashed AGAIN today. Good news is I now have an Intellistation to do my Linux project on and I am getting very familiar with Linux. Question: I installed xinetd and ssh ( and dependencies). I know xinetd is started because I issues a 'service xinetd start' and it came back OK. Now when I try to telnet into the linux box from a networked PC I get : "Connecting To tucgate01.tucson.ibm.com...Could not open a connection to host: Connect failed" I have NOT touched any of the Host.deny/allow files or the xinetd.conf file. I can ping the Linux box and I can telnet/ftp OUT of the linux box into other workstations on the network. Any clues? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/