[H-GEN] RedHat 7.1 Network

Sandra Milne silne at bit.net.au
Tue Jul 10 00:58:20 EDT 2001


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At 14:46 10/07/2001 +1000, you wrote:
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>Hi all,
>I've just installed RH7.1 on a new machine but am having some
>problems making it accessible on the network. I can ping the
>new machine but can't connect to it. It's been a while since I
>played with Linux and have already looked in the FAQ's,etc.
>Can someone suggest anything I may have missed?  :-)

/etc/hosts.allow
/etc/hosts.deny
check for denial of access to machines
also check that telnetd is installed.... i've found most default 
installations don't include it. i prefer ssh myself, but telnet is easier 
to do from scratch and most OSes will have a telnet client included with them.

Sandra.

silne at bit.net.au
http://spaz.linux-dude.com/
ICQ: 7632763


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