topic Re: Telnet Error in Operating System - HP-UX

Telnet Error

John Booth_1 — Tue, 05 Jun 2001 10:34:57 GMT

Hello All,
I am getting this error in syslog over and over again. Any ideas??

May 23 14:08:01 bway4 telnetd[18572]: recv: Connection reset by peer
May 23 16:56:27 bway4 telnetd[10037]: recv: Connection reset by peer
May 23 16:56:29 bway4 telnetd[10220]: recv: Connection reset by peer
May 23 19:13:22 bway4 telnetd[9073]: recv: Connection reset by peer
May 24 02:10:02 bway4 syslog: su : + tty?? root-root
May 24 05:00:00 bway4 syslog: su : + tty?? root-root
May 24 16:00:23 bway4 telnetd[9925]: recv: Connection reset by peer

Re: Telnet Error

Vincenzo Restuccia — Tue, 05 Jun 2001 10:41:52 GMT

OS 11.00:
s700_800 11.00 telnet kernel and telnetd(1M) patch(PHNE_21822)
s700_800 11.00 inetd(1M) cumulative patch(PHNE_21835)

OS 10.20:
s700_800 10.20 Telnet kernel cumulative patch(PHNE_13413)
s700_800 10.20 telnetd(1M) cumulative patch(PHNE_13414)

Re: Telnet Error

Rita C Workman — Tue, 05 Jun 2001 11:27:08 GMT

This could also be caused by any one of a number things, basically the terminology here is a catch all phrase:

Users not gracefully exiting...just using that 'x' in the right hand corner.....annoying but message can be ignored

The TCP connection got a reset (RST) packet from the other end and reset it. This could be due the application sending this...again annoying, if users not complaining than you can probably ignore.

And I have heard it said it could (although rarely) be caused by a dup IP. In this case you might want to run:
#netfmt -f /var/adm/nettl.LOG00 > /tmp/file
....and then check out the file.

Just a thought,
Rita