Message-ID: <38F0A5C5.35EFBA7D@home.com> From: macgreg@home.com Reply-To: macgreg@home.com Newsgroups: alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions Subject: Re: linux network References: boundary="------------DCBDB3D0E75FD3E994C88C61" Lines: 73 Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 15:46:56 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.10.196.164 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.ne.home.com 955295216 24.10.196.164 (Sun, 09 Apr 2000 08:46:56 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 08:46:56 PDT Organization: @Home Network Xref: newsread1.funet.fi alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions:6887 --------------DCBDB3D0E75FD3E994C88C61 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=x-user-defined Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jan Rooijakkers wrote: > i have a linuxmachine in a network with a windows machine (i am sorry but > its for my girlfriend) > i can ping to the windows machine and from the windows machine to linux > machine. > > But a cant make an ftp or telnet to either machines! > > can somebody help me??? > > the ip adressing is right in /etc/host > > thankz have you edited the /etc/inetd.conf file to allow connections to those ports/services? when you have then look in the /etc/hosts.allow file and make sure you have the ip of the windoze box listed. issue the killall -HUP inetd to re-read the configs and try to telnet/ftp from windoze to linux. however you will have to set up a 3rd party ftp/tenet server on the windoze to go the other way. -- DO NOT meddle in the affairs of the sysadmins, for they are subtle and QUICK to anger. Be nice to me or I'll replace you with a very small shell script. --Andy --------------DCBDB3D0E75FD3E994C88C61 Content-Type: text/html; charset=x-user-defined Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jan Rooijakkers wrote:
i have a linuxmachine  in a network with a windows machine (i am sorry but
its for my girlfriend)
i can ping to the windows machine and from the windows machine to linux
machine.

But a cant make an ftp or telnet to either machines!

can somebody help me???

the ip adressing is right in /etc/host

thankz


have you edited the /etc/inetd.conf file to allow connections to those ports/services? when you have then look in the /etc/hosts.allow file and make sure you have the ip of the windoze box listed.
issue the killall -HUP inetd to re-read the configs and try to telnet/ftp from windoze to linux.
however you will have to set up a 3rd party ftp/tenet server on the windoze to go the other way.
  

-- 
DO NOT meddle in the affairs of the sysadmins,
for they are subtle and QUICK to anger.

Be nice to me or I'll replace you with a very small 
shell script.  --Andy
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