From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 8 22:36:50 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA08123 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 8 Oct 1996 22:36:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from server1.bisnet.net (bisnet.axisnet.net [206.54.226.53]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA08104; Tue, 8 Oct 1996 22:36:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from danf@localhost) by server1.bisnet.net (8.6.12/8.6.9) id AAA12948; Wed, 9 Oct 1996 00:38:40 -0500 Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 00:38:40 -0500 (CDT) From: "Daniel C. Fifield" To: isp@freebsd.org, install@freebsd.org, ports@freebsd.ord Subject: Problem setting up nntpd Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I am attempting to setup nntpd. I installed it and changed the owner and group to news on all the files. I also changed the nntp line in the /etc/inetd.conf file to look like: nntp stream tcp nowait news /usr/local/libexec/nntpd nntpd I sent a HUP signal to the inetd process, but I am still getting Connection Refused if I attempt to telnet to the 119 port. Please help! Sincerely, Daniel C. Fifield