connect two linux boxes by a crossover cable

[Michael S. Dunsavage]

Yu Sun wrote:
> Hi, 
> I connected two Linux boxes with a crossover cable to create a mini
> LAN. The OS is Redhat 9.0 one both machine. 
> 
> Ping host1 from host2 or from host2 to host1 is OK. This shoudl
> indicate the IP addresses etc are set up correctly.  I also enabled
> the telnet, rsh, shh, rlogin services on both machines (I am not so
> experienced linux user, maybe not quite right). The problems are when
> I use telnet or others except ping, e.g.
> % telent host1 
> 
> I alwalys get "connection refused". 
> 
> Can anyone give me some suggestions on how to solve the problem?
> Thanks!
> 
> Yu
> 
> 
> 
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in /etc/xinetd.d/telent  change disable = yes to no

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Michael S. Dunsavage