[ale] enabling remote access. . .

[Keith Morris]

I have three machines at home running linux and I am having a problem 
logging into the other machines.  I can ping the other machines, the 
masquerading box is working fine, all seems to be well until I try to 
telnet or ftp to one of the other machines.  When I try to telnet, it gives 
me the error message that all of the network ports are busy and closes the 
connection.  When I try to ftp, it gives me the error "connection closed by 
remote host."  I assume that I need to enable remote access or something, 
but don't have a clue where to start.  any information that someone could 
point me to would be greatly appreciated.

Also, could someone tell me where to go for information about starting an 
Xserver session on a remote machine.  thanks alot.

Sorry for all of these simple newbie questions, but I'm learning. . .  :o)

Keith Morris
Senior Graphic Designer
Brick House Editorial
Atlanta, Georgia