Re: Localhost connection refused

[Thomas O'Dowd <tom@example.com>]

On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 04:49:54PM +0900, John De Hoog wrote:
> And now this is what comes back:
> 
> Chain input (policy ACCEPT: 12221 packets, 8662339 bytes):
> Chain forward (policy ACCEPT: 0 packets, 0 bytes):
> Chain output (policy ACCEPT: 13334 packets, 796815 bytes):

Looks fine.

> Does this give anyone a clue as to why I can't connect to localhost, even 
> as root? Apparently there is something else going on not in ipchains but 
> elsewhere.

What are you trying to connect to on your localhost?

Did you check netstat?

netstat -l -A inet

The output should show that whatever service your are trying to connect
to is listening... Example, ssh and mail are listening below...

tcp        0      0 *:ssh                   *:*                     LISTEN
tcp        0      0 *:smtp                  *:*                     LISTEN      

If the service ain't listed on your side, chances are the service isn't
running or is not listening because its not configured to.

Tom.
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