On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 19:51 +1000, Lux Zhang wrote: > I need telnet to access adsl server. Really bad idea. Telnet is a really insecure protocol. If you can use ssh, use it, instead. > telnet server setup is right. telnet to that serevr within internal > networked PC is ok. but when to access it from a remote PC, it shows > following error, try google around but can't find a clue. hope some > one can offer help? > > getnameinfo: localhost: Success > Temporary failure in name resolution: Illegal seek Well, "localhost" always refers to the machine that you're already on. Every machine sees itself as "localhost". You need a unique name, or address, to connect to a remote machine. You need to pass the port that you're using (whether for telnet or ssh) through the ADSL modem/router to the computer running the server. -- (This box runs FC6, my others run FC4 & FC5, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
