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Hi,

I have two PCs that I am trying to connect  via a LAN. I have set up the
/etc/hosts file to see the Win 98 PC, and have configured the Win 98 PC's
network properties to use a static IP address. I am able to ping
successfully from each PC to the other, and I have successfully used FTP to
transfer files between the two PCs. Unfortunately, telnet is giving me a
problem. I have tried the Windows Telnet client to connect to the Linux PC,
but it is not working. I see the message :

Red Hat Linux release 6.0 (Hedwig)
Kernel 2.2.5-15 on an i586

but no login prompt appears, and eventually the connection times out...

I have tried configuring /etc/hosts.allow, and I have added ttypX ( where x
in 1...12) to /etc/securetty, but neither worked.

Can anyone tell me where I am going wrong?

Kevin McLaughlin

Quote:> Hi,

> I have two PCs that I am trying to connect  via a LAN. I have set up
the
> /etc/hosts file to see the Win 98 PC, and have configured the Win 98
PC's
> network properties to use a static IP address. I am able to ping
> successfully from each PC to the other, and I have successfully used
FTP to
> transfer files between the two PCs. Unfortunately, telnet is giving me
a
> problem. I have tried the Windows Telnet client to connect to the
Linux PC,
> but it is not working. I see the message :

> Red Hat Linux release 6.0 (Hedwig)
> Kernel 2.2.5-15 on an i586

> but no login prompt appears, and eventually the connection times
out...

> I have tried configuring /etc/hosts.allow, and I have added ttypX (
where x
> in 1...12) to /etc/securetty, but neither worked.

> Can anyone tell me where I am going wrong?

> Kevin McLaughlin

i know this behaviour from linux, when the reverse-lookup fails-
( but this is supposed to work, if you have your win98-name in hosts).

can you try tcpdump, listen to all traffic toandfro your rh box-
also look in /var/log/messages for any hints.

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I am having the same problem with Redhat 6.0 and have double checked that
the machine has reverse dns working properly in our dns server.  Has
anyone actually found a solution for this bug.  Or at least some idea what
could have caused it?

Rich Sensale
VisitUs Internet, Inc.

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