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Re: can't telnet to localhost
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Carlson)
Thu Dec 3 01:10:40 1998
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 01:09:53 -0500
From: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com>
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Robert Joseph Wilshe wrote:
Put the calling machine in the called machine's /etc/hosts.
> Hi:
>
> I can't seem to telnet into my RH5.2 box. Whenever I try, it connects to
> the host sucessfully, but then states the connection was closed...
> instantly. From the console, I've tried 'telnet localhost', 'telnet
> 127.0.0.1', 'telnet machinename' ... everything. I've also tried
> telnetting to it from across the net: no luck still. I can ping all the
> above hostnames just fine though. I've looked at inet.conf, and telnet is
> not commented out. Local mail and other processes are working just fine.
>
> Any help would be appreciated! Thanks much,
>
> Robert Wilshe
> rwilshe@enteract.com
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Jan Carlson
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