[lug] Re: How to give static Ip adress in linux

Is telnet on the problematic server in any governed by hosts.allow /
deny ?

And if so are the servers in the other server's /etc/hosts files,
respectively?

If you have flushed iptables, ensured that telnet is a live and holds
an active socket (check with lsof -i ) then something like portsentry
(or just your kernels tcp wrapper) is stopping the connection from
completing. Use chkconfig | grep on and have a peep at rc.local to see
what could be starting on boot that is preventing the daemon from
working properly.

In other words.. sumptin's screwy.

hth

timtim