1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, This is not the usual "unable to telnet to my machine" post. I: * have ensured that in.telnetd is started from inet.conf * that hosts.allow/deny are correctly configured * in.telnetd is listening, and on the correct port When I check my syslog i notice that tcpd (as I have... (3 Replies)

2. IP Networking

/* Linux Slackware */ looking in my logs I see tons of entries similar to below. Does anyone know what these mean, and should I be concerned. I looked up a few of the IP's at Arin.net and saw that many of them belong to isp's (not good).. Any information is helpful.. Body of Messages log... (1 Reply)

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I hope someone can enlighten me on this. A few weeks ago, the root file system my UnixWare 7.1.1 server became corrupt so I ended up doing a full restore of the OS from tape backup. Since then, after I get about 270 users on the system, the message "telnetd: all network ports in use" is... (1 Reply)

4. Cybersecurity

Hi folks. I have a quick question on using "telnetd" vs. "telnetd -a". OS: AIX 5.x (5.1 through 5.3 ML3) Some engineers at work want to stop using "telnetd -a" and use "telnetd". (and of course, if I could get a cogent answer from them, I wouldn't be posting this question...) :mad: The... (0 Replies)

5. Solaris

hi mates, a very important info for all solaris admins, there is a bug in telnetd on nearly every solaris version: pressy@mp-wst01 # id uid=100(pressy) gid=1(other) pressy@mp-wst01 # telnet -l "-froot" 192.168.40.1 Trying 192.168.40.1... Connected to 192.168.40.1. Escape character is... (3 Replies)

6. Solaris

Hello all, I've got a problem on a V240 running Solaris 9, the telnet daemon won't start. The error message I get is "telnetd: stdin is not a socket file descriptor." I've never seen this message before and I'm not exactly sure what it means. I know generally what stdin, sockets, and file... (4 Replies)

7. AIX

Hi, When a client connected to AIX server by telnet is killed/crashes, is there a way for telnetd to recognize that and close/kill the application linked/started by that telnet session? We have a situation where clients disconnect because of frequent network outages, this leaves the... (2 Replies)

8. Solaris

please find the below o/p for your reference bash-3.00# fcinfo hba-port HBA Port WWN: 21000024ff295a34 OS Device Name: /dev/cfg/c2 Manufacturer: QLogic Corp. Model: 375-3356-02 Firmware Version: 05.03.02 FCode/BIOS Version: BIOS: 2.02; fcode: 2.01;... (3 Replies)