A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > Hello all, > > Got a problem that is driving me nuts. Sorry to have sent to both lists, > but it is affecting both my laptop (Toshiba Satellite 4080XCDT) and my > desktop (K6-2/450) machine. > > I installed Debian/Slink afresh on defiant (the desktop) over the weekend, > and immediately upgraded it to Potato. defiant is dns and dhcp server fro > my home network. Got the dns tables set back up, and noticed that nothing > on the network was ableto do DNS queries. Started doing a bit of digging, > and also noticed I could only ftp in passive mode. Normally ftp connects, > then switches that connection to an arbitrary hign (>1024) port. The two > systems would connect, then nothing would happen. > > I checked /var/log/syslog and saw connection refused messages as far as > the eye could see. Blocking connections from the local nodes, > E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET (one of the top-level DNS'), etc. I tried telnetting > into the localhost on an arbitrary port: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] storm]$ telnet localhost 6699 > Trying 127.0.0.1... > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused > > I have set up hosts.allow/hosts.deny to allow everything from the local > network. What file am I missing that is blocking the high ports?
Do you have firewalling setup? -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
