attempt to log into console, hosts won't allow

[hpuxhelp]

Trying to telnet into a HP machine. It just kick you off at the prompt. What might cause this problem? If reboot the machine, log in ok? thanks

[Ken Hubnik_2]

Is inetd process running?

[Steven E. Protter]

insf -e

Possibly some bad terminal drives.

I think the inetd thing is a better candidate.

[hpuxhelp]

how do i check if it is running or not? if it is not running, can you show me how to start it up again? thanks

[Patrick Wallek · Accepted solution]

# ps -ef | grep inetd

If nothing shows up then:

# /sbin/init.d/inetd start