Hi Folks, I've been meaning to raise this for some time, since I've never got to the bottom of what's causing it.
Basically, I want *all* the machines on my local LAN to be able to telnet and ftp to each other. Between the older machines (Suse 5.2, Suse 7,2 and red Hat 9) there is no problem.
But I've had a Debian Etch running now for about 18 months, and recently a Debian Lenny (provisional installation), and both of these deny attempts to telnet or ftp into them from the others ("connection refused"). However, I can of course telnet and ftp from either of these to any of the older machines.
I have put ALL: ALL in the /etc/hosts.allow file (like in the older machines), but this does not seem to make any difference.
I get the impression that access control has changed in some fundamental way, but I can't put my finger on it!
Any suggestions gratefully welcomed! Ted.
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