From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 28 3:34: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.hypostasis.com (p22.pool1.staticadsl.iconz.net.nz [210.48.81.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADB5637B479 for ; Sat, 28 Oct 2000 03:33:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from amethyst.hypostasis.com (amethyst.hypostasis.com [192.168.2.2]) by mail.hypostasis.com (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id e9SAITa06893; Sat, 28 Oct 2000 23:18:29 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from kit@amethyst.hypostasis.com) Received: (from kit@localhost) by amethyst.hypostasis.com (8.11.1/8.11.0) id e9SAdue21582; Sat, 28 Oct 2000 23:39:56 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from kit) Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 23:39:55 +1300 From: kit To: Tim McMillen Cc: Mark Rowlands , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CVSup -Cannot connect to data port Message-ID: <20001028233955.A21512@amethyst.hypostasis.com> References: <00102723341003.00458@marbsd.tninet.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from timcm@umich.edu on Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 07:45:31PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 07:45:31PM -0400, Tim McMillen wrote: > > On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, Mark Rowlands wrote: > > > > Cannot connect to data port: Connection refused > > > Will retry at 23:30:02 > > > > > > Happened about ten times so far. Is this still just a symptom of a busy > > > server or does it have something to do with the fact that I'm using the > > > cvsupit package (I use it bc it's so easy). > > > > try another server...sounds busy to me > > Thanks. I'd started to assume that but nobody said anything. > Tim Given that I take from you email that you have had it work before, it may well be a busy server, but in some cases it can also be a firewall policy. I get blocked out of work connecting to 5999, so I also see this message. (We're only allowed to connect to specific permitted ports) --kit To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message