[Gllug] No login to Debian 3.0r1 bf24 box

[Andy McGarty]

> Hello,
>    I am trying to install Debian 3.0r1 bf24 on a box connected to a local
> network. All my other boxes allow a network login using telnet or ssh,
this
> one will happily reply to a ping, but closes any incoming attempt at
> connection after a few seconds without leaving more than a brief
"connection
> refused to (IP_address)" message in its logs. The message displayed in the
> terminal window is "Remote closed connection".
>    I assume that it is a permissions problem, but have not yet found any
> configuration file in /etc which appears to be relevant and is different
> from the same file on any other box. It will allow connection outwards to
> another local box, connect to remote sites via the internet, and I have
been
> able to grab files, the Knoppix iso, and Debian updates. It is almost as
> though /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny have been swapped. Any
> suggestions please?   Thanks.
>
I'm not a debian user, but do you have sshd running to allow ssh connections
in?

I'd imagine telnet was disabled in your inetd/xinetd aettings as standard.

Andy


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