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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!wupost!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!psinntp!psinntp!pool!ujlh From: ujlh@pool.info.sunyit.edu (James Henrickson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: 386bsd networking -- help needed Message-ID: <1992Sep26.082843.10492@pool.info.sunyit.edu> Date: 26 Sep 92 08:28:43 GMT References: <1992Sep26.064847.7025@pool.info.sunyit.edu> Organization: State University of New York -- Institute of Technology Lines: 23 I said: > >I would like to eventually network two 386bsd systems but first I would >like to get one working as a "stand alone" system. So far, I can't get >rlogin, telnet, or ftp to work. I get a "Permission denied" message when >trying to connect. I get a similar message from talk, also. It is >probably a configuration problem, since I am new to network administration. >I would appreciate it very much if someone could assist me with setting up >the necessary files, since the man pages have only gotten me to this point. > OK, I have narrowed things down somewhat. I set up an entry in /etc/hosts for localhost and can now connect with rlogin, telnet, and ftp. What do I do now? I would like to use a regular address (such as 0.0.0.1) for my first system, but can't manage to get it to work. -- Jim H. * * James L. Henrickson * ujlh@sunyit.edu "Some day I might have a real .signature!"