Can telnet port 80 but cannot ping!

[Phil Buckley]

Although I can't remember for sure, I don't think RH 7.2 opens the telnet port by default anymore. So although you may have installed telnet, that doesn't mean that it's open for business. In fact, I just tried to telnet to your box, and failed, but it did connect when I tried to open an SSH session.... which I believe is now standard default installation stuff for RedHat

Phil

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On 12/6/2001 at 10:02 AM Ali Taalebi wrote:

>I am running RedHat Linux 7.2 on a Compaq DeskPro.
>I can successfully:
>	telnet <My-Host> 80
>
>However, if I try:
>	telnet <My-Host>
>it responds:
>	"telnet: Unable to connect to ...."
>
>I have also tried: 
>	ping <My-Host>
>but it says:
>	"no answer from h00045adc236a.ne.mediaone.net"
>
>Any idea what steps I should take to make these services available 
>on my server? I should mention that I chose the telnet and other
>modules during my installation of of my Linux.
>
>Many thanks in advance.
>>>Ali
>
>
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