Telnet Connection closed by Foreign Host

[unixbrown]

Im running SunOS 5.7 when I telnet to the machine I'm getting Connection closed by Foreign Host and it will not let me login. I know telnet is running because I can go to the console and telnet from the box to other machines.
How can I figure out what causing this problem.

 

[dbase77]

Hi,

Check if telnet daemon is running.
ps -ef | grep telnetd
OR
netstat -a | grep telnet

In case you dont have telnet daemon running, edit /etc/inetd.conf and uncomment the line telnet and restart inetd by "kill -HUP inetd_id".

Hope this help.

regards,
feroz

 

[KenCunningham]

Are you trying to telnet as root?

If so, it may be that /etc/default/login contains the line:

CONSOLE=/dev/console

If you comment this out, you should be able to telnet from a remote machine. Incidentally, this is not recommended for security purposes, much safer to su to root from your normal login if root access is required. HTH.