[H-GEN] [Debian hamm] Help!

Daehenoc n1455885 at student.fit.qut.edu.au
Tue Aug 11 23:55:03 EDT 1998


On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, Martin Pool wrote:

> > > Something screwey is going on with telnetd (and pppd) debian was set up @
> > > humbug to connect to the humbug network, all o.k. BUT i've now got the
> > > computer home, on my 192.168.1.x network. What happens is this: when I try
> > > and telnet into this debian machine from other machines, a connection is
> > > made, but you don't get the login: prompt. (telneting to the machine from
> > > itself works, 'tho) When I try and run in.telnetd manually, I get this:
> > dns.  it's trying to resolve 192.168.105.foo and is failing.  add
> > entries to /etc/hosts - I haven't found any other way around it
> 
> Or, set up a nameserver somewhere on the network that's authoritative
> for your domain and the reverse.  And make sure the telnet server's
> resolv.conf points to that server. [0]

YES. That was it. I can now successfully telnet in to this machine.
And usse this machine as masquerade and stuff...

Thanks.

Greg Vickers,
PC technician experienced in:
Research and Development, Quality Assurance and On-site/In-house Service

... Daehenoc ... a.k.a The Gingerbread Man





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