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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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----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
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