Brad: In the case of the power management, it's not that the system disallows remote connections, simply because of the power management...it's that your actively using the console wakes the system up, and suddenly it starts accepting those connections.
A server should really never make use of APM suspend or standby settings, in all honesty. On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Sibley, Brad wrote: > Thanks for the tips - this is a new install, so root's crontab is empty. > Apparently 7.1 does run apmd, the advanced power management daemon by > default - it is running on this system. The man pages mention cases where > applications may become "confused", so I'm thinking perhaps this might be > part of the issue. However it would seem strange (to me) that a default > configuration for apmd would be to disallow remote connections after a > certain time period - again, this is pretty much an all-defaults install. > I'm not exactly sure when the apmd initiates a suspend, so I'll have to > learn some more about that. I will probably turn apmd off for awhile and > see if this changes the behavior (after an unknown time period, remote > telnet connections will not work until I log into the console). I will also > check the BIOS settings, but I can't imagine a BIOS setting being able to > affect an application behavior. I'm also beginning to wonder if I have a > flaky NIC. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mike Burger [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday,August 21,2002 8:12 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: RE : RedHat 7.1 telnetd problem > > > > I don't think so, Yohann. Brad does note that telnet connections are > > accepted for a time, and then it stops. > > > > Unless there's a cron job, somewhere on his system, that is running > > "chkconfig telnet off" (it would be telnet, not telnetd), and then > > something that is running "chkconfig telnet on" when someone logs in at > > the console, then that's not the answer. > > > > Someone suggested checking Brad's BIOS settings...if he's going that > > route, I'd suggest looking at the power management section, and turning > > off all suspend options. > > > > On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Yohann DESQUERRE (DSI NOISIEL) wrote: > > > > > I advize you to try : > > > > > > Chkconfig telnetd on > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Yohann Desquerre > > > S/Direction de la Production > > > > > > Gestion des Ressources > > > 01.49.31.82.03 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > -----Message d'origine----- > > > De : Sibley, Brad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Envoyé : mardi 20 août 2002 19:58 > > > À : '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > > Objet : RedHat 7.1 telnetd problem > > > > > > I'm running 7.1 on an HP Vectra machine. I installed the server option > > with > > > no firewall. I enabled wu-ftp and telnet via the setup utility and > > after > > > rebooting, telnet connections were accepted. However, it seems that > > after a > > > certain unknown time period, telnet connections are disallowed, UNTIL I > > > login to the console, which seems to "wake up" the telnetd server and > > allow > > > telnet connections once again. During the time telnet connections are > > > disallowed, I can ping the server from other systems, I just can't > > telnet to > > > it - again, until I login to the console. I know this is not normal > > > behavior, but I have no idea what is happening here. If anyone does, I > > > would appreciate the advice. Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
