Very Computer

I am running Solaris 5.7 on a machine and suddenly I am not able to
telnet or rlogin into it. I can still ftp fine but when I try to telnet
I get this

Trying I.P. adress ...
Connected to sunbox.
Escape character is '^]'.

But I never get a login prompt.

When I try to rlogin it just hangs, I get no prompt of any kind.

Has anyone ever experienced anything like this? This happens no matter
which port I try to telnet into.  Any suggestions or ideas would be
greatly appreciated.

Jose

Jose,

Put the IP address and name of the client machine (where you are connecting
from) in the /etc/hosts file on the server (where you want to connect).  It
is a rather common problem.  I just finished solving it myself, and it
works.  I am surprised that you could still use ftp - usually telnet/ftp
and xdmcp all go "down" together.

-Richard

If this connection is out to the wild internet, then you'd be better off
using ssh. Otherwise, it looks like the behaviour of a firewall. Your
connection request arrives, and is promptly discarded. The telnet client
just sits there waiting for a reply, perhaps occasionally retrying. That
might go on for a considerable length of time before the telnet client
chucks in the towel.

A bientot
Paul
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