telnet connection refused error

[Shivkumar]

Dear Sirs,

We are not able to connect to server using telnet, ssh and ftp. Getting connection refused errors.

What could be the issue ?
Appreciate any help.

Thanks,
Shiv

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi Shiv:

At the console, try restarting 'inetd':

# inetd -c

Regards!

...JRF...

[HGN]

Hi

For telnet to work you need to check and make sure that in inetd.conf file telnet is not commented out, also check if inetd is running,you need to re-read the inetd.conf to make the changes effective.
For ssh not working have to check if the ssh daemon is running and the settings are correct in sshd_config file.

Rgds

HGN

[rmueller58]

Shiv,

go to the Console, check what your init status is.. should be init 3.

if the system has been running and active with these before sounds maybe something has ran amuk..

do a BDF make sure all volumes are mounted.

go into GSP and check the error logs

more /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log

You should see in the sys log if SSH is started..

[Ivan Ferreira]

Verify the status of the interfaces with ifconfig and netstat -ni. Check that you are receiving packages.

From the server can you ping other hosts?

[Shivkumar]

Is there a way to login remotely without telnet ?

I mean we have root access to the box. Can we login and restart the inetd ?
Is GSM used for this ?

warm regards,
Shiv

[Joseph Loo]

hi,

if u r not getting any form of connections, i.e. telnet, ssh, ftp, http, https, etc, i do not suppose u will be able to login remotely.

thus, u have to proceed to the console and verify what exactly is happening to your server, network cards, connections, inetd not started, etc.

regards.

[Shivkumar]

Server is running applications fine. Only we can't connect through telnet, ssh and ftp.

What are the ways to access it now ?

warm regards,
Shiv

[Bill Hassell]

Standard HP-UX comes with telnet and ftp enabled, someone has disabled these functions. Let's start with the basics: Can a computer that is located on the same network (subnet) ping and telnet to the problem box? If so, your problem is with routers that have disabled communication to this box.

If local computers cannot connect to this box with telnet, it is possible someone has excluded a range of computers in /var/adm/inetd.sec so look at this file for deny statements.

[Indira Aramandla]

Hi Shivkumar,


Can you ping that server. Could it be a DNS names resolution. Did you try using the IP address.


IA