telnet and ftp

linuxguy at ici.net linuxguy at ici.net
Mon Dec 20 17:27:40 EST 1999


Another culprit might be the TCP-wrappers trying to get pidentd to
answer up. Do you have any entries in /etc/hosts.allow(deny)?


Derek Atkins wrote:
> The DNS problem (assuming this is actually the problem) would come
> from tcp_wrappers on the destination side.
> 
> -derek
> 
> "Jack Coats at coats.org" <jack at coats.org> writes:
> 
> > 
> > I see the same thing at times whether I use IP address or name (also,
> > all hosts involved are in the hosts file on each end).
> > 
> 
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