[plug] getting telnet access

[Leon Brooks]

On Sunday 20 January 2002 14:46, Craig Reynolds wrote:
> Hi guys, I've got a fresh RH 7.2 install an I'm having trouble getting
> telnet acces to it, so I was hoping someone would be able to point me in
> the right direction.

Use ssh instead. If you have to get in from Windows, use PuTTY (GPL). I have 
patches to make this do SCO funkeys and some basic printery stuff, but it's 
fast, light (no DLL hell) and simple, and has lots of convenience features 
like scrollback and autologin.

It also has a telnet client.

Do netstat -tanp (or -pant, or -antp, etc, your choice) and make sure you 
actually have a telnet listening.

Check the firewall (ipchains|iptables) rules (if any).

If you are going ``across'' the box to get there, make sure that IP 
forwarding is enabled.

Check /etc/hosts.deny as well.

Cheers; Leon