[oclug]Local telnet puzzle

[Brian Barber]

in.telnetd is not started on caviar.  Start it up and caviar will stop 
refusing connections. :)

BB

Brian Barber
Ottawa, ON   CANADA
brian.barber at mysun.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "David G." <quarrington.robinson at sympatico.ca>
Date: Friday, January 10, 2003 5:46 pm
Subject: Re: [oclug]Local telnet puzzle

> Phil Tanguay wrote:
> > 
> > Is telnetd running (or configured in [x]inetd) on caviar ?  My 
> guess it is on
> > flamen, but not on caviar.
> > 
> > On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, David G. wrote:
> --- snip --- 
> Hi Phil:
> 
> I may be having a problem of basic understanding - If I 
> 
> [whacker at flamen whacker]$ ps -A|grep net
>  778 ?        00:00:00 xinetd
> 15251 ?        00:00:00 in.telnetd
> 15324 pts/2    00:01:22 netscape-commun
> 15348 pts/2    00:00:00 netscape-commun
> [whacker at flamen whacker]$ 
> 
> and
> 
> [whacker at caviar whacker]$ ps -A|grep net
>  988 ?        00:00:00 vmnet-bridge
> 19452 ?        00:00:00 xinetd
> 19894 pts/2    00:00:00 telnet
> [whacker at caviar whacker]$ 
> 
> I'm not sure whether this answers your question.
> 
> The vmnet-bridge is for the vmware workstation, but I don't know 
> how to
> tell whether it is an active player in this drama. 
> 
> My searching has provided no illumination on the significance of
> in.telnetd versus telnet.
> 
> Any further thoughts?
> 
> DaveR
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