when i am trying to telnet to a machine connected in our LAN ..

cmd prompt> telnet <ip>
cmd prompt> Trying <ip> ...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused

What's the reason for this? how do i establish a connection?
I am using ubuntu 10.04.


thanks in advance,
Chaitanya.

The most likely reason is the machine you’re trying to connect to isn’t running a telnet service.

Log onto that machine anther way and check if telnetd is running. These days it’s often not installed as standard or turned off.

For the communication to take place both the telnetd should be running?
how to turn on the daemon?


Chaitanya.

Not sure what you mean. Telnetd should be running on the machine that you are trying to connect to. Otherwise there's nothing at the other end to "answer" your telnet connection. It does not need to be running on the machine that you are connecting from.

Also the machine your connecting to should not be blocking port 23 (the standard telnet port).

If possible, go to the machine you wish to connect to and check that telnetd is actually installed (it's often not by default). Then check it's actually running. How you do this depends on what version of Linux/BSD/Unix/Whatever you might be running.

Also, unless you absolutely have to use telnet consider using something more secure like SSH.

Edit: I've just noticed from your original post that you're running Ubuntu.

Install telnetd with

If it installs then it should auto start. If not it can be restarted with;

Then while still on that machine you can check it's working with

However, keep in mind that telnet it horribly insecure. Consider using something else if you can.

ok. even same is the case with ssh also?
I am using linux ubuntu 10.04.

so how i do make sure its running..?

Chaitanya.

thanks red.!

ok ..i will use ssh.
then how to get the X applications running on the remote machine?
i want to try this..

eagerly waiting for ur reply
Chaitanya.

Firstly I've just noticed that I got the "how to restart the service" part wrong. It should be inetd not telnetd. I've edited that in my old post.

If you still having issues try;

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-do-...reebsd-system/

Edit: Just seen you last response. If you're interested in running X applications over SSH then do a quick Google search. If you still can't get it working try starting a new thread with details of what problems you're having.

ok thanks for that correction.
actually i have remotely connected to the system.
ok then i will google regarding running X application remotely.