"Connection refused"

[Gary Kline]

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



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