Re: Using telnet and ftp

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

Did you send a SIGUSR1 to xinetd?

 kill -USR1 `cat /var/run/xinetd`

That (or restarting xinetd) is required for it to re-read its config
files.

On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 11:29:46AM -0700, Liger-dc wrote:
> Mike,
>   Thanks for your help. But It still says connection
> refused. If I try to connect to the box that I'm on,
> I'll call it apps, from itself using ftp and telnet,
> it works. It just wont from any other computer on the
> subnet that I've included in the hosts.allow.
> Edson Manners
> ACSN - FSU
> 
> 
> 
> --- Mike Muscato <muscato home com> wrote:
> > You must also enable telnet and ftp in the
> > /etc/xinetd.d directory. In the
> > telnet file add the line "disable = no" at the end,
> > and do the same in the
> > tftp file. (One of these already has the "disable"
> > line in it, but it's set
> > to "yes"...don't remember which one it is) This
> > should allow the boxes that
> > you named in hosts.allow to get in with telnet or
> > ftp.
> > 
> > Mike M
> > -------------------------
> > Mike Muscato

Cheers,
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