From owner-freebsd-net Fri Sep 6 9:27:54 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DB9037B400 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 09:27:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mhub-w2.tc.umn.edu (mhub-w2.tc.umn.edu [160.94.160.45]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFC4643E42 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 09:27:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ryans@gamersimpact.com) Received: from mhub0.tc.umn.edu by mhub-w2.tc.umn.edu with ESMTP for freebsd-net@freebsd.org; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 11:26:38 -0500 Received: from [128.101.186.76] by mail.tc.umn.edu with ESMTP; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 11:26:37 -0500 Subject: Re: permission denied on connect requests? From: Ryan Sommers To: "James B. Wilkinson" Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 06 Sep 2002 11:27:27 -0500 Message-Id: <1031329649.11537.18.camel@lobo> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Are you using ipfw firewalls? If so make sure you have holes for the necessary services, outbound packets and ICMP messages. On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 11:22, James B. Wilkinson wrote: > Some of the machines in my student lab have a problem connecting to > others. The error messages vary only slightly, depending on which > program one tries to use. Here's a sample: > > > ping: sendto: Permission denied > telnet: connect to address 192.168.0.31: Permission denied > ftp: connect: Permission denied > > I'm running all these programs as root. ifconfig -a gives output that > looks good to me: the interface is up and the network and submask > numbers are correct. All the machines have the same network number. I > have no idea where the "Permission denied" could be coming from. Can > somebody give me a clue? > > I don't know whether this is something different or another symptom > of the same problem: dig reports that the connection is refused by > the nameserver. I don't see anything wrong with resolv.conf. > > Thanks > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Jimmy Wilkinson | Perfesser of Computer Science > jimmy@cs.CofC.edu | The College of Charleston > (843) 953-8160 | Charleston SC 29424 > > If there is one word to describe me, > that word would have to be "profectionist". > Any form of incompitence is an athema to me. > Metathesis??? Don't ax me. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message -- Ryan "leadZERO" Sommers Gamer's Impact President ryans@gamersimpact.com ICQ: 1019590 AIM/MSN: leadZERO -= http://www.gamersimpact.com =- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message