If you can ping a server, but can't telnet or ssh to it,
what could be the problem?

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If you can ping a server, but can't telnet or ssh to it, what could be the problem?..

Answer / dinesh9990

server may be in single user mode.

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If you can ping a server, but can't telnet or ssh to it, what could be the problem?..

Answer / mgopal_krishna

it's definitely not in Single user mode.
There might me a quite few issues.
1) the SSH/ TElnet service may be down.
2) Might me problem with the default shell of that user.
3) Cannot initialize the default parameters for that user.

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If you can ping a server, but can't telnet or ssh to it, what could be the problem?..

Answer / pulin

check ports/firewall
edit /etc/ssh/sshd.conf
change permitRootlogin value to yes
then
pkill sshd
or
generate key using ssh.keygen -t
put this pulbic key in the authorized file of remote server.
check the permission of authorized file and make sure
authentication is enable in sshd_conf

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If you can ping a server, but can't telnet or ssh to it, what could be the problem?..

Answer / jeeva

The port should be opened in Services. 22, 23,

the services should run in Init.d

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If you can ping a server, but can't telnet or ssh to it, what could be the problem?..

Answer / basunix

Also should run sshd to login users.

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If you can ping a server, but can't telnet or ssh to it, what could be the problem?..

Answer / dennis

after checking all services are online, just go to
/etc/default/login then commnent the console line...

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If you can ping a server, but can't telnet or ssh to it, what could be the problem?..

Answer / arunkumar

put entry ur ip address in /etc/inet/hostname
/etc/inet/inodes , suppose till we cant able to connect means
/etc/default/login in that put #console and update it.

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If you can ping a server, but can't telnet or ssh to it, what could be the problem?..

Answer / kiranraj

If the server is in multi-user mode and problem persists
the issue could be with the init.d deamon not
running ...connect to console and start it ...

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