[plug] Misc. Questions.n

[Trevor Phillips]

John Summerfield wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Trevor Phillips wrote:
> 
> > Another question:
> >   - Any idea how I can get rsync going between a Solaris 2.6 box and
> > Debian 2.1?? Testing rsh, from Debian to Solaris gives "select: protocol
> > failure in circuit setup", while the other way around just gives
> 
> I've had that problem a couple of times recenly (linux all round) when
> yp* had gone to sleep.

*slaps forehead*
The protocol failure problem was the nice cryptic message you get when
the TCP Wrappers we're using tell a host to naff off. ^_^;; Quick edit
to /etc/hosts.allow and it all works nicely now. 

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