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by **FRANTISEK STEPAN** » Wed, 11 Oct 1995 04:00:00

I have the following problem:

When I use rlogin to connect to a remote host, I sometimes get a message
"Host is unreachable". When I use telnet, I get connected to the same host
immediately and without any problems, which implies that the host is not at
all "unreachable". Does anybody know what might cause the problem and what
is the difference in the way rlogin and telnet establish connections with
remote hosts? Any suggestions welcome.

Thanks, Frantisek Stepanek.

by **Leslie Mikese** » Wed, 11 Oct 1995 04:00:00

>>I have the following problem:

>>When I use rlogin to connect to a remote host, I sometimes get a message
>>"Host is unreachable". When I use telnet, I get connected to the same host
>>immediately and without any problems, which implies that the host is not at
>>...

>Make sure the /etc/hosts file is readable to the everyone (i.e. at least
>r--r--r-- permissions). When this isn't the case, weird results occur --
>some programs work while others *out or even freeze for several minutes.

More likely the destination host is trying to reverse-resolve the
source IP address to determine your hostname (and thus whether you
need a "password" prompt or not) before allowing the connection. If
your DNS server is misconfigured or unavailable, the query may fail
or time out. The remote host may try to resolve the name for a
telnet connection too, but most don't care if it fails since you
have to give a password anyway.

Les Mikesell

by **Steve Kive** » Thu, 12 Oct 1995 04:00:00

>I have the following problem:

>When I use rlogin to connect to a remote host, I sometimes get a message
>"Host is unreachable". When I use telnet, I get connected to the same host
>immediately and without any problems, which implies that the host is not at
>...

Make sure the /etc/hosts file is readable to the everyone (i.e. at least
r--r--r-- permissions). When this isn't the case, weird results occur --
some programs work while others *out or even freeze for several minutes.

This may not be your problem, but it's worth a look.

Steve Kives

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rlogin vs. telnet - How do they differ?

rlogin vs. telnet - How do they differ?

rlogin vs. telnet - How do they differ?

rlogin vs. telnet - How do they differ?