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Author: SundarNarayanasamysundar4unix@excite.com
Date:  
Subject: Ping but not able to ftp or telnet
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),
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
>
>  -- 
>  Eric Thelin                                          
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