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From: Jerry McBride <mcbrides9@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] telnet localhost
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 05:32:20
Message-Id: 200603270027.33100.mcbrides9@comcast.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] telnet localhost by THUFIR HAWAT
1 On Sunday 26 March 2006 23:58, THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
2 > I want to test that leafnode is up and running, so am using telnet:
3 >
4 >
5 > thufir@localhost ~ $
6 > thufir@localhost ~ $ whoami
7 > thufir
8 > thufir@localhost ~ $ telnet localhost 119
9 > Trying 127.0.0.1...
10 > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
11 > thufir@localhost ~ $ telnet localhost
12 > Trying 127.0.0.1...
13 > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
14 > thufir@localhost ~ $ ping localhost
15 > PING hawat.thufir.gmail.com (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
16 > 64 bytes from hawat.thufir.gmail.com (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64
17 > time=0.090 ms
18 > 64 bytes from hawat.thufir.gmail.com (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64
19 > time=0.073 ms
20 > 64 bytes from hawat.thufir.gmail.com (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=3 ttl=64
21 > time=0.073 ms
22 > 64 bytes from hawat.thufir.gmail.com (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=4 ttl=64
23 > time=0.071 ms
24 >
25 > --- hawat.thufir.gmail.com ping statistics ---
26 > 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 2997ms
27 > rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.071/0.076/0.090/0.013 ms
28 > thufir@localhost ~ $ date
29 > Mon Mar 27 05:56:59 IST 2006
30 > thufir@localhost ~ $ telnet vcn.bc.ca
31 > Trying 207.102.64.2...
32 > Connected to vcn.bc.ca.
33 > Escape character is '^]'.
34 >
35 >
36 > SunOS 5.8
37 >
38 > login:
39 >
40 > [...]
41 >
42 >
43 >
44 > Why can I not telnet to my own localhost?
45 >
46 >
47 >
48 > thanks,
49 >
50 >
51 > Thufir
52
53 The localhost is not a service.... it's an ip.
54
55 Jerry
56
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] telnet localhost Gabriel Dain <gabrieldain@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] telnet localhost THUFIR HAWAT <hawat.thufir@×××××.com>