What security level did you set on your box....try reducing the security in DrakConf. HTH Jaguar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ok, I reformatted and reinstalled (again) thinking i might have missed > something up during the installation. Now the mail problem seems to be > fixed but i was still getting a connection refused message when i tried to > telnet and ftp into my machine. I checked the /etc/inetd.conf file and > telnet and ftp are not commented out so they should be running. One thing > i did find was that mandrak apparently didnt set inetd up to be called and > run in the /etc/rc.d scripts. I added it to rc3.d and rc5.d so that it > would get started up when the computer came up and an now getting: > > telnet localhost > Trying 127.0.0.1... > Connected to localhost.localdomain. > Escape character is '^]' > Connection closed by foreign host. > > Getting the same thing via ftp as well, connected then disconnected. Is > there something else that i need to have running for these services to > accept connections? ipchains has no rules in it other then in the > forwarding section for masquerading (which works btw) and all policies are > set to accept on input and output so the firewall shouldnt be blocking > anything. Anyone got any other ideas? > > > All assistance is GREATLY appreciated, > Ian K. Harrell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ---Reply to mail from Paul about [newbie] some problems after new install > > On Tue, 30 May 2000, Fireman71 wrote: > > > >>1 - when trying to send an email with the mail command i got the message :: > >> "/etc/sendmail.cf: line 0: cannot open: No such file or directory" > >>so i went and checked, sure enough, there is no file there. I then went > >>back to the mandrake cd and tried :: "rpm -Uv sendmail-*" which responded > >>with the reply "sendmail conflicts with postfix-19991231-3mdk" anyone got > >>any ideas on how i can get this one fixed? > > > > With "kpackage" first locate and uninstall Postfix. Then install > > Sendmail. I know these two don't like each other. > > > >>2 - I am now no longer able to telnet or ftp in to my computer either via > >>localhost or from another machine on my lan or over the Internet. trying > >>telnet localhost, telnet 127.0.0.1, etc all result in "telnet: Unable to > >>connect to remote host: Connection refused" ftp localhost gives "ftp: > >>connect: Connection refused" I am able to masq through this Linux box with > >>a comp running win98 for http access. Meaning that i can go to my win > >>machine and tell netscape on it to go to www.mandrake.com and it will > >>bring the page up and that all works fine. I can even access the default > >>web page for apache from my win machine with "http://192.168.0.1" Also > >>telnet and ftp work fine for going out. just when i try to connect in does > >>it refuse it > > > > From what I learnt here, you could check if ftp and telnet are allowed in > > your /etc/inetd.conf file. Of course, I may be wrong... > > > > Paul > > > > )0(-----------------------------------)0( > > > > Friendship: lying awake over someone else's problems > > > > )0(----[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-------------)0( > > http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 > > Registered Linux User 174403 > > > > ---End reply > > The Dogma chased the Stigma, and was hit by the Karma. ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
