Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 16:14:28 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@sage.thought.org> To: Vince <jhary@unsane.co.uk> Cc: 'FreeBSD Mailing List' <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: "Connection refused" Message-ID: <20050317001428.GB89665@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <200503162233.j2GMX83U059959@unsane.co.uk> References: <20050316064715.GA85186@thought.org> <200503162233.j2GMX83U059959@unsane.co.uk>
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On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 10:33:10PM -0000, Vince wrote: > > > > > > > This is strange; I just allowed telnet in /etc/inetd.conf and > > reinitialized; from here on sage/ns1, this. > > No need to enable telnet in inetd.conf if you're just using it to test > a tcp connection to another host, that's only if you want to be able to > log on to the host from another machine using telnet. > > > > > telnet tao 25 > > Trying 10.0.0.247... > > telnet: connect to address 10.0.0.247: Connection refused > > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host > > > > Could I be missing something in rc.conf? > > > > Hmm you should get a basic connection, on tao whats the output of > sockstat -4 |grep :25 > I get > root sendmail 651 3 tcp4 *:25 *:* > > i.e. is sendmail actualy running ? if yes, is it listening on any ip other > than 127.0.0.1 ? (mine is listening on *) root sendmail 13287 3 tcp4 *:25 *:* So it's the same... . > If still yes then do you have a firewall or tcpwrappers blocking access ? > > Assuming base sendmail (not ports) what is the output of > grep sendmail /etc/rc.conf > (should be sendmail_enable="YES" unless you are using sendmail from ports) > Ah, so it was the _enable="NO" that was causing the trouble. I just got mail flowing to tao by using the rc.conf from a different server that accepted mail from ns1.thought.org. I just asked the list some questions about my mods to /etc/rc.conf on my home server; you've answered my question while I was answering other email. :-) Just to be sure I'll turn off the sendmail_enable, restart, and see it the connection is refused. live and learn... gary > -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix
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