which distro?  some of them like to lock down xinetd.d to localhost by
default.  You would have to check the /etc/xinetd.conf and then inside
the /etc/xinetd.d/ and see if any of the services are set with only_from
localhost.

-Bill

On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 01:09, kcichap@swbell.net wrote:
> i hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving.  mine was an adventure to
> say the least *sigh*  toddlers...
> 
> i'm just getting my second linux box up, and i've discovered that i am
> only able to access my machines locally.  for example, 'barfy' is a
> caching-only name server.  it resolves for itself just fine, but not for
> any other machines on my network.  ipchains is wide open with a default
> accept policy.  i started to play with other services, and discovered
> that i can't ssh between linux boxes.  i am able to ping between them,
> but that's it.  anyone know what's going on here?  thanks.
> 
> keith chapman
> penguin novice
> ms refugee
> 
> 
>