On 04/10/05, Tina Wang <tina06992003@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 1. I can ping and ftp to this box, but can't access it through telnet or > other methods. The error message is "could not open connection to the host > on port 23:connect failed". I checked the service of "xinetd" is running, I > do not know how to make this work. check the telnet config file /etc/xinetd.d/telnet . change the option "disabled" to "no" and restart the xinetd service. vjp -- Registered Linux User #374218 Minister of Offense, Preserver of the Way of the Great Llama, Ambassador to India for the Republic of Loungevania