[ale] InetD is lying!!

[Dow Hurst]

You might have defaulted to xinetd and need to modify that config.
Dow


Josh Freeman wrote:

>I just got a copy of SuSE 8.0 for the poweredge server I was asking
>about recently (thanks for the help, all) and I am trying to get it set
>up. Everything seems to work, but I can't get the SMTP port open to
>accept incoming mail. I'm using Postfix instead of Sendmail, have the
>SMTP port open in inetd.conf.
>
>
>If I try to mail to the system, and look through the log files on the
>machine that I used to send the mail, I see this:
>
>Jul 11 15:11:47 reddwarf postfix/smtp[11193]: 00A13E7C:
>to=<user at x.x.x.x>, relay=none, delay=1, status=deferred (connect to
>x.x.x.x[x.x.x.x]:
>Connection refused) 
>
>Likewise, if I try to telnet to port 25 of the machine, I see a
>"Connection Refused"
>
>Whne I nmap the machine, port 25 does not show up as open. Yet,
>Inetd.conf is adamant that the SMTP port is active.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Josh
>
>  
>


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