Telnet to a RHEL5 server fails with the error "Temporary failure in name resolution: Illegal seek "
Issue
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When telnet is attempted to a server, the following error occurs:
getnameinfo: localhost: Success Temporary failure in name resolution: Illegal seek Connection closed by foreign host.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0, 5.1
- telnet-server
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