[lug] telnet and ftp w/RH 7.2

[John Hernandez]

Try running firewall-config.  As an alternative, the config file is 
/etc/sysconfig/ipchains and can be manually edited.

Gary Hodges wrote:

> Greg Horne wrote:
> 
> 
>>Try this:
>>
>>Type "rpm -q telnet-server" to see if it's installed
>>
>>If it's not find the latest version (ala Redhat.com or rpmfind.net) and see
>>if that helps.
>>
> 
> Yes, it is installed.  I was looking through the installation manual I found
> the section that discusses Firewall Configuration.  This is where I set the
> security level to medium.  The medium setting does not allow, e.g. telnet and
> ftp.  Now I know why I can't get into the machine, I just can't find the file
> to edit that will allow me to.
> 
> Gary
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>>From: "Gary Hodges" <Gary.Hodges at noaa.gov>
>>>Reply-To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
>>>To: "lug at lug.boulder.co.us" <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
>>>Subject: [lug] telnet and ftp w/RH 7.2
>>>Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 15:54:07 -0600
>>>
>>>I had three problems with the new system this morning, and now I'm down
>>>to one.  BTW, thanks Dan for the confirmation on editing fstab.  I
>>>actually had to change the LABEL with e2label and edit fstab.
>>>
>>>OK, while on the machine I can telnet and ftp into it.  When I do
>>>in.telnetd and ftpd both show up with ps.  I cannot, however, do either
>>>
>>>from another machine.  I can ping this machine so I'm assuming it can be
>>
>>>seen, I just can't get into the bugger.  I've looked at the hosts files
>>>but don't see anything there.  When I was installing the OS, there was
>>>three options at one point -- something like open, secure, and really
>>>secure.  I chose secure, and I'm guessing that has disabled the ability
>>>to telnet and ftp into this machine.
>>>
> 
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