troubleshooting network settings

Malcolm Fitzgerald mfitzgerald at pacific.net.au
Sun May 28 18:48:18 PDT 2006


> Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote:
>> I am running freeBSD v6.0 security on a home network behind an adsl 
>> router.
>> I cannot connect to localhost from a browser (apache is running!)
>> I cannot connect to localhost port 22 (KPackage tries to use ssh)
>> What can cause these problems? How can I troubleshoot them?
>> I am very new to freeBSD, so part of my question is "where do I 
>> begin?". I have a copy of Complete freeBSD beside me but can't get 
>> the magical incantations right. Suggestions appreciated.


On 29/05/2006, at 10:58 AM, Kouji Ito wrote:

> Check /etc/rc.conf
> inetd_enable="YES"

I added that line. No change after rebooting

> Check /etc/inetd.conf
> ssh    stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/sshd          sshd -i 
> -4

It is now uncommented. Every line in that file was commented out
No change after rebooting

malcolm



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