Mark Theiste wrote: > > I am having a problem trying to make tcp/ip requests to tcp/ip servers > located on a Redhat 6.2 workstation. This machine is configured on the > network (it can make requests to the internet via a router) and has an FTP > and Interbase database server installed on it. Whenever I try to make a > connection to it, even on the same box, via TCP/IP, I get messages that > mostly say the connection was "actively refused". I'll admit to being a > Linux newbie and then ask, does anyone have any ideas about what is blocking > the request and how I could remove the blocking? Thanks in advance to > anyone with any ideas and also for your patience. I have been looking at > this issue myself for too long now and would really appreciate it if someone > can tell me what I need to do. Thanks! > > Mark By default the /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny should be empty which will grant access to any and all clients. You may also want to check your entries in the following files: /etc/inetd.conf should have an entry for spawning the ftp server looking something like: ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.ftpd -l -a /etc/services should have two entries for ftp (data and command ports) that look something like: ftp-data 20/tcp ftp 21/tcp You may also want to verify that the server applications are installed (the in.ftpd file listed above). I've run into a situation where inetd could not find the server to spawn after getting a request on the specified port, but I can't remember what the error message was on the client side. Good luck. -- Seth Bernsen Software Engineer United Defense Phone: 612-572-4993 Fax: 612-572-4858 http://www.udlp.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org