Looking at inetd.conf I have a line that points as such:
pop-3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd ipop3
I did a which ipop3d and got nothing back.
Still can't telnet to the 110 port and it's listed in the services file
too.
Cya,
Pete
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> From: Anthony E. Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Why can't telnet localhost 110?
> Date: Thursday, April 23, 1998 4:26
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> At 12:06 4/22/98 -0600, Ping Lau wrote:
> >
> >When I telnet localhost 110 on my Linux box, I got "Connection closed by
> >foreign host". But it works when I telnet localhost 25. Any idea?
>
> Check /etc/services to see that port 110 has a service defined (pop-3).
> Then check /etc/inetd.conf to see what program runs when a connection is
> made to the
> pop-3 service. Check 'man inetd.conf' for the meaning of the settings.
Then
> check that the progam called by the pop-3 setting in inetd.conf actually
> exists by running 'which programname'.
>
> One of the above steps will probably reveal a problem. Let us kow what
you
> find.
>
> Tony
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