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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

On Thu, 15 May 2003 keesan2 AT cyberspace.org wrote:

> work right (Lynx).  What happens exactly when you try to telnet?  You need

me@computer:~$ telnet www.grex.org
Trying 216.93.104.34...
Connected to grex.cyberspace.org.
Escape character is '^]'.
Connection closed by foreign host.
me@computer:~$

> Perhaps I have set up the account wrong.  My two accounts are csh.  I can
> set you up a csh account with a copy of my .cshrc.  I probably chose plain
> bash for you.
>
I never get as far as bash.  As you can see, the connection gets closed by
the foreign host almost immediately.

> You can also try telnetting to www.grex.org and signing in as newuser and
> choosing your own login and password and shell and having it identify your
> terminal - perhaps that will work better.
>
I never have gotten that far on any Linux machine.  The connection
always gets closed before any login prompt.  I use telnet and ssh for
other connections from the Linux machines in question, and have never
encountered any problem.  Only your shell svc does this.  I've logged in
at www.grex.org and run Pine using a Win machine or two, but I can't get
it to work from any Linux machine (including the one I have BL2 on).

James