Can't connect on port 119

[Alex Gottschalk]

On 12 Jan 2000, Russ Allbery wrote:

> Alex Gottschalk <alex at masktools.com> writes:
> 
> > Hi all, I'm an experienced Unix admin, but an INN newbie, and I was
> > hoping someone could help me out.  I'm setting up INN on our internal
> > network, and the machine is refusing connections on port 119.  I believe
> > I've got nnrp.access set up right, here's the relevent line:
> 
> > 10.123.0.0/255.255.0.0:Read Post:::*
> 
> I recommend using:
> 
> 10.123.*:Read Post:::*
> 
> I don't recall if anyone ever added the mask notation, but I know that
> wildcards work right and have for quite a while.

No, still no go.  I noticed actually, that after running rc.news as the
news user, there's a process called innwatch, but no innd.  If innd is
what's listening on 119, couldn't this be the problem?

--Alex

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