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From: | "Dave Korn" <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com> |
To: | <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> |
Subject: | RE: Outbound telnet/ftp from cygwin not working |
Date: | Fri, 5 Aug 2005 17:00:33 +0100 |
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In-Reply-To: | <65e812bc05080508255ebb07eb@mail.gmail.com> |
Message-ID: | <SERRANOV3WQgTuD72xS000000d2@SERRANO.CAM.ARTIMI.COM> |
----Original Message---- >From: Michael Rilling >Sent: 05 August 2005 16:25 > I've googled and can't find answers to my issue. Several people have > mentioned the same issue, but no replies. Hope you can help. > > I've installed the latest cygwin base on my XP SP2 machine. > I've also installed inetutils along with the X stuff. > > I'm trying to do a simple telnet from within cygwin. > I run the cygwin.bat file and type telnet (external-host) and always get > telnet: tcp/telnet: unknown service > > Yet when I run the windows telnet client to the same/any host, it works > fine. > > I have similar issues with FTP. > > I'm wondering if you can help me, or point me to a web site with > helpful descriptions. This error message is often caused when $SYSTEMROOT is not set (or not set correctly) in your cygwin environment. What does "set | grep SYST" show you at the bash prompt? If that isn't it, let's see your http://cygwin.com/problems.html cygcheck output. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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