Unable to telnet to HP9000 Application Server.

[Khalil Ahmed]

I require some help. I have two HP9000 application servers running HP_UX 11, I can telnet to one of them but not to the other. Can anyone tell me why?â ¦ is there a telnet daemon I need to start either manually or through SAM?

Your assistance would be much appreciated.

Regards

Khal

[G. Vrijhoeven]

Hi Khal,

The telnetd is stated by inetd by default. cat /etc/inetd.conf for info and # inetd -c to restart, re-read inetd.conf config.

Regards,

Gideon

[Marco Santerre]

Naturally because your telnet is not running you'll definitely need a console or some other way to get in the server, but chances are inetd is not running.

inetd -c to recycle inetd

[SAHA]

compare /etc/inetd.conf for both server and restart inetd.

Thanks,

[Jose Mosquera]

Hi,

Pls check your /var/adm/inetd.sec file. Review is exist a line like this:
telnet deny *

Rgds.

[SIJU JOSE]

Hi

try #inted -c
Check telnet port is enabled or not in /etc/services and telnetd service is enabled in /etc/inetd.conf.

HTH
Siju

[Abdul Rahiman]

Khalil,
Can you telnet the server itself from the console ? If not, that means the problem could be related to inetd.conf/inetd.sec/telnetd etc. and may be resolved by checking the previous responses.
If the answer is yes and you cannot connect from remotely, it could be due to some network/security issues.

[iminus · Accepted solution]

Check following:
1. If your network card is working
2. If your network cable is working
3. If /etc/inetd.conf includes the line start with "telnet" and is not commented
4. If /etc/services includes the line start with "telnet" with correct port number 23 and is not commented (Though the services file doesn't restrict telnet)
4. Restart the inet daemon by inetd -c (Telnet service will be started by inet)

[Khalil Ahmed]

Thanks everyone, the problem has now been resolved. For some reason my /etc/services file got corrupt so copied it across from the other server then restarted the inet daemon and now I can telnet!

Thanks again.

Khalil