Hi, No, its not due to proxy. See the output below. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ flukebox driver # wget yahoo.com --2008-02-12 22:30:56-- http://yahoo.com/ Resolving relproxy.iitk.ac.in... 172.31.1.233 Connecting to relproxy.iitk.ac.in|172.31.1.233|:3128... Connection Refused: Forbidden failed: Connection refused. flukebox driver # exit exit [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ wget yahoo.com --2008-02-12 22:31:04-- http://yahoo.com/ Resolving relproxy.iitk.ac.in... 172.31.1.233 Connecting to relproxy.iitk.ac.in|172.31.1.233|:3128... connected. Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently Location: http://www.yahoo.com/ [following] --2008-02-12 22:31:05-- http://www.yahoo.com/ Connecting to relproxy.iitk.ac.in|172.31.1.233|:3128... connected. Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 9533 (9.3K) [text/html] Saving to: `index.html'
100%[=================================================================================================>] 9,533 45.6K/s in 0.2s 2008-02-12 22:31:07 (45.6 KB/s) - `index.html' saved [9533/9533] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Feb 12, 2008 9:11 PM, Markus Schönhaber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > dell core2duo schrieb: > > > Whenever I am trying to do ssh/telnet/emerge --sync in root mode it > gives > > me error saying "Connection Refused: Forbidden". while same works fine > in > > user mode. > > Below are some examples . > [...] > > flukebox flukebox # wget yahoo.com > > --2008-02-12 19:50:15-- http://yahoo.com/ > Compare this ^^^^^^^^^ > > Resolving relproxy.iitk.ac.in... 172.31.1.233 > > Connecting to relproxy.iitk.ac.in|172.31.1.233|:3128... Connection > Refused: > and that ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Forbidden > > failed: Connection refused. > > With your root account, you're obviously using a proxy that refuses the > request. > Since similar things happen when you use telnet/ssh you're maybe using > socksified versions of those commands. > > Check your proxy and socks settings. > > Regards > mks > -- > [email protected] mailing list > >
