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RE: Outbound telnet/ftp from cygwin not working
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 17:00:33 +0100
- Subject: RE: Outbound telnet/ftp from cygwin not working
----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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