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by txw

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Good morning,
I am trying to telnet to a linux box and keep getting a "foreign connection closed" error message. When I logon as regular user, sometimes I get logged in and about a minute later get the above error message. Then, when I try to re-logon, I get this:
User Name : xxxxxxx (xxx is username)
Password : *******
User Name : xxxxxxx
Password : *******
User Name : xxxxxxx
Password : ********
"Access to the control console will be denied for 2 minutes." I can't find any support or documentation on this error (redhat.com, searchlinux.com, cnet.com, etc.) Has anyone seen this before and can it be fixed? Please help...........

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by awimsatt

It sounds to me that it your problem may lie in how the firewall is setup. I would say that is the first place that you want to look and secondly check anything else that might be monitoring incoming connections on the box. I hope this helps to lead you to a solution.

by rob_freyder

What is the network like between you and the machine in question?

Control Console? Is there a terminal server connected to the serial port that is designated as the "console"?

What Version and Distribution of Linux?

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