Dear All
i have a centos 5 server running as a backup PC server and is working perfect for abt 3 months
jus a couple of days back when i tried to telnet to the server it gave me connection refused
i go to the server and when i say telnet localhost it says
getaddrinfo: localhost Name or service not known
the /etc/hosts file has the loopback entry and the actuall ip address of the server
firewall is disabled
selinux disbled no /etc/hosts.allow or /etc/hosts.deny
telnet is enabled in /etc/xident.d/telnet file
now when i do a nmap on this sserver i dont see the telnet service open but i hav another 3 centos 5 servers n when i do a nmap on these there is telnet open
also services file has telnet
no errors in /var/log/secure or /var/log/messages
i also removed telnet server n resinstalled it but the same
wondering whts wrong
apprecite your help