Im running on RH 7.1
when I try to test the loopback
I got the next error
trying 127.0.0.1
telnet Unable to connect to remote host:Connection refused

I verify at /etc/host.allow and host.deny
I dont have any line
also I type
ipchains -F

I still have the same problem
I verify that the loopback is running
typing ifconfig
and the eh0 and lo are running
I checked my /etc/hosts
and I get
127.0.0.1 localhost
198.168.200.1 CANCERBERO.hq.com CANCERBERO

IM a



so please help!

i don't understand why it would give a telnet error.. what are you doing to test your loopback ?? your not trying to telnet into the same machine are you ?? can you ping 127.0.0.1 ??

I did a ping to 127.0.0.1 and it works.
but when I tried using
telnet localhost
I got that message
before to install the R H 7.1 I used the 6.0 and I didn-t have that kind of problem
any guess about what is giving me that problem?
thanks for your time buddy
I really apreciate your helpful

Hi,







The telnet server on redhat is controlled by xinetd and the config file is /etc/xinetd.d/telnet. It is possible that that has restrictions in it such as 'only_from=' as in the example below:







service telnet



{



flags = REUSE



log_on_failure += USERID



socket_type = stream



user = root



server = /usr/sbin/in.telnetd



wait = no



only_from = 127.0.0.1 172.16.16.0



}







Also, presumably you activated the service after installing the telnet-server rpm ? It's off by default.







/sbin/chkconfig telnet on (as root)







Regards

Thanks it works!
I appreciate your time buddy