telnetd and getbyhostname

[BIS]

Hallo,

Whenever I try to connect to my sun box via telnet, I get an error like

sunbox inetd[420]: [ID 140027 daemon.error] warning: can't verify hostname: gethostbyname(my-host-name) failed
sunbox inetd[420]: [ID 913506 daemon.warning] refused connect from 10.2.41.31 (name/address mismatch)

We are in the process of moving from one domain to another.

in /etc/hosts.allow
# Only permit telnet connections from clients behind your firewall
%A in.telnetd : ALL

in /etc/default/inetd
ENABLE_TCPWRAPPERS=YES

Is there a simple way to enable telnet connections without the getbyhostname check? I would love to be able to disable this feature temporarily...

 

[Annihilannic]

Well, if it's only giong to be temoprarily, why not just turn off TCP wrappers?

Annihilannic.

 

[BIS]

Indeed- thanks