tcp services (ssh,ftp) does not work

[Gerard Seibert]

On Sunday, October 30, 2005 8:23:27 AM, ray at redshift.com
Subject: Re: tcp services (ssh,ftp) does not work
Wrote these words of wisdom:

> At 02:07 AM 10/30/2005 -0800, kamal kc wrote:
> | dear all,
> | 
> | i have put sshd_enable="YES"
> | and inetd_enable="YES"
> | in /etc/rc.conf.
> | 
> | netstat -an also shows that the port numbers
> | 21 and 22 are in listen state
> | 
> | ftp is uncommented in /etc/inetd.conf
> | 
> | but still the ssh/ftp services does not work.
> | 
> | when i ftp from another computer the netstat
> | shows connection established but the ftp client 
> | does not show anything. 
> | 
> | using ftp/ssh on the same computer also does not show
> | anything --- just blank.
> | 
> | 
> | what could have gone wrong.
> | 
> | Help !!!
> | 
> | kamal
> 
> telnet localhost 21 
> telnet localhost 22
> 
> see if you get connections
> 
> do you have a firewall running?  Such as ipf.  If so, make sure you have rules
> to allow traffic on those ports from outside machines, etc.
> 
> Ray

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On 10/11/2005 5:29:42 PM, Gerard Replied:

Do you have an external router connected to the system. I had D-Link
that was blocking several ports. I spend hours trying to configure my
system until it dawned on me what the problem was.

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