On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Ed Wilts wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 03:17:06PM -0700, Rene's Caltech Email wrote:
> > On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Ed Wilts wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 12:57:02PM -0700, Rene's Caltech Email wrote:
> > > > does it mean that if the service is running then the port is running as
> > > > well? i scanned two different linux servers...the port is open in server
> > > > but not on the other one...i tried the commands u told me about but it
> > > > seems it just restarted the service. any other suggestions?
> > >
> > > The imap services is invoked by xinetd, so it doesn't really "run".
> > > To confirm that xinetd will start imap, do:
> > > # netstat -apn | grep 0.0.0.0:143
> > > You should see a line with LISTEN on the end.
> > >
> > > If it's listening, but you can't get to it from another server, you may
> > > have it blocked by your firewall rules. I don't do iptables, so if
> > > that's the problem, post back to the list and get somebody too tell you
> > > how to open up the port through your firewall.
>
> > okay i tried: netstat -apn | grep 0.0.0.0:143 on the server with the
> > problem and it didnt listen. does anybody know how to do iptables/mess
> > with the firewall rules?
>
> If you don't see the LISTEN line, then you have not yet configured the
> service properly. It doesn't matter if the firewall is on or off,
> xinetd needs to be able to listen first.
>
> Please confirm that xinetd is really enabling the imap service:
>
> # chkconfig --list | grep -i imap
>
>
its confirmed:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# chkconfig --list | grep -i imap
imap: on
imaps: on
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]#
and i restarted the xinet.d service several times
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# service xinetd restart
Stopping xinetd: [ OK ]
Starting xinetd: [ OK ]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]#
and i do this and still no response
netstat -apn | grep 0.0.0.0:143
any ideas
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