telnet

[f. halili]

I could telnet from my Linux wokstation to another server without any problem, however I could not telnet in to my Linux workstation. I'm getting:

"telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused."

thanks!!!

[Doug Preston]

Check to make sure telnet is not commentedout in inetd.conf and make sure the machine you are trying to telmnet from is in your hosts.allow table for telnet

example

telnet : 192.168.1.1

[Bryce Dunn · Accepted solution]

It might also be worth trying "telnet localhost" to see if your telnet server is working properly.