On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 08:20:52AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Kennedy Mutio writes: > > I have just installed debian linux onto a machine and added it to my > > network but I cannot telnet frm any other machine on the network to this > > new machine. I have checked the hosts.allow and hosts.deny files in /etc > > and changed them. I might have done this wrong but does anyone know what > > else I should change/configure? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ken. > > Ken, Debian distribution is packaged as the most secure distribution for > Linux. What you can expect with Debian is very paranoid settings for > networking as compared with other distributions. You most likely will have to > turn on the required services. > > Some basics: > > 1) Eye-ball the /etc/inetd.conf file and make sure the appropriate services > are > activated. > > 2) Do a 'ps -ax' and make sure '/usr/sbin/inetd' is running. You may have a > problem and your system might not start up inetd. > > 3) As suggested by other members of this list, make sure that you have > installed/configured the 'server' version of the service. When you telnet from > the new machine, you are using the client version of a service (like ftp or > telnet). When you come into the new machine from a remote machine, you are > using the server version of the service (on the new machine). > > 4) You might want to eye-ball the '/etc/hosts' files of the machines for > consistancy. The older machines may not know about the new machine. In the > case of a name server (DNS) on your network, you might want to check it's > table(s).
While these are all good... often you will find the most despisable default setting in /etc/hosts.deny ALL: PARANOID Print out a copy of this....Then burn it! then comment it out in the file.... -Steve -- /* -- Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>------------ */ E-mail "Bumper Stickers": "A FREE America or a Drug-Free America: You can't have both!" "honk if you Love Linux"
