Okay so this is how the network looks:

RH9-------WinXP-----DSL-------Internet

Here is the situation:

I am trying to setup my RH9 machine as a server. I have installed Webmin. I can access webmin from the RH9 machine so that is working. I have apache running, i have the telnet server running. But for some reason i cant telnet to it or get to the http server from any where else other then the RH9 machine. I cant even telnet at all from anywhere.

I have tried setting the WinXP port forwarding and have had no luck either. Is there somthing that i am not setting properly or am i just doing it all wrong?

Am i missing somthing here?

Look in /etc/xinet.d/telnet and see if bind = localhost is set

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That is not there should i add it???

Bind isnt even there.

this is what is there:

#default: on
# description: Telnet server serves telnet sessions; it uses \
# unencripted username/password pairs for authentication.
service telnet
{
flags = REUSE
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /user/sbin/in.telnetd
log_on_failure += USERID
disable = yes
}

That is what the file says in side.

try looking at the services configuration to ensure the telnet is set for the proper runlevel, and also that you are trying to telnet as an allowed user. By default linux doens't allow root telnet sessions. Also, check the routing table for your ethernet adapter to ensure that it has been properly configured.

thanks, im going to put analogx port mapper on the xp machine to help on that end, and iv done a complete re install of the linux system. I am going to try to do a complete system setup and see what happens from there. I also like to use webmin to help with the setup of that.

webmin is what i use on my linux and unix systems...it seems to be the most user friendly and gives you the most flexibility. you should not have to have portmapper on the xp side, if you set up the routing tables on the linux system. is telnet set to run in run level 5? and what type of network are you running on...is it just the two systems or are you running more...there are several ways to handle the problem once the architecture is specified. be glad to offer some advice, if you would like.

It is only the 2 systems, and it looks like this:

RH9-----XP------DSL----Internet.

No router, just nic to nic to usb dsl modem.

I dont know much about this sort of thing but am willing to learn

ok, without the router or modem doing the dhcp style connectivity, you will need to modify the host files to include the name of the other...on the linux box, it will be in the /etc and in the xp, you will find it in the c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc directory. set up the NIC to look at the DSL connection as the gateway, and you should be in business. to recap

put the xp box in the linux's /etc/host file, and include the ip of the modem, and also list the linux box there as something other than localhost

put the same information in the c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts files

set both the NICS to use a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 and a gateway of the DSL modem or hub.

you will need to make sure that the users are the same on both systems.

use webmin, set on port 10000 by default to configure samba, and in the case of your setup, simply let samba be the wins server, and it will see both systems.

hope this helps...let me know if you need any more help...glad to be of assistance

this is what is there:

#default: on
# description: Telnet server serves telnet sessions; it uses \
# unencripted username/password pairs for authentication.
service telnet
{
flags = REUSE
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /user/sbin/in.telnetd
log_on_failure += USERID
disable = yes
}

Doesn't look as though telnet server is running

change the line
disable=yes
to
disable=no

restart xinetd

/etc/init.d/xinetd restart