Re: I can't Telnet to Red Hat machine from Windows

From: Sven Vermeulen (svenPUNTJEvermeulen_at_ugent.be)
Date: 05/24/04


Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 14:26:34 GMT

On 24 May 2004 07:12:11 -0700, vasanta <tvnaidu@yahoo.com> wrote:
> However, when I telnet or ftp from Windows to the RedHat, it said:
> D:\>telnet xx.xx.xx.xx
> Connecting To xx.xx.xx.xx...Could not open a connection to host:
> Connect failed

Does your RedHat run a telnetd daemon and an ftp daemon?

What does 'netstat -napt' say when executed (as root) on your RedHat?

Wkr,
      Sven Vermeulen

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