Thanks for the suggestion. We tried that, to no avail. The problem seems to be resolved, but we still don't know why. We did eventually get a bug report to pop up, and we forwarded it to Dartware. Hopefully they can make sense of it.
Pat > ---------- > From: Doug Weathers > Reply To: InterMapper Discussion > Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 10:27 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: web server failed > > Perhaps you're having a DNS problem i.e. your DNS server is giving out the wrong >answer to queries about your InterMapper server. This could be because the IP >address of your iMac has changed for some reason (DHCP?), or because someone's been >monkeying with the DNS server. > > Try accessing it by its current IP address instead of by name. > > Hope this helps, > > Doug > > -- > Doug Weathers, Network Administrator > St. Charles Medical Center > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/19/03 03:57PM >>> > Bill, > > Thank you for the prompt response. Here's what I see: > > >Check the Event Log for any error messages when you are starting the > >server. If there is a problem starting the server, it will be logged > >there. You mention problems with Telnet and Web servers; these use > >low-numbered ports. You might try changing the servers to use port > >numbers greater than 1024. If the higher port numbers work, it would > >indicate a problem with InterMapper's use of the 'intermapperauthd' > >tool to open privileged ports. > > > According to the Event Log, servers start normally, no matter what port I put them on > > > >Check that you haven't inadvertantly activated the firewall on your > >mac. In the Terminal , type "sysctl net.inet.ip.fw.enable". If the > >firewall is enabled, the value will be 1. You can double-check the > >configuration of the firewall by typing "sudo ipfw list". In 10.2, > >the system preferences control panel allows you to configure the > >firewall; I believe you need a product like BrickHouse to do this on > >10.1.5. > > Here are the entries I see for net.inet.ip.fw: > > net.inet.ip.fw.debug: 1 > net.inet.ip.fw.one_pass:0 > net.inet.ip.fw.verbose: 0 > net.inet.ip.fw.verbose_limit :0 > > for ipfw list: > 65535 allow ip any from any > > > >Finally, you can verify which programs are listening on which ports by > >typing 'lsof -i' in the Terminal. Type 'sudo lsof -i' to get a listing > >which includes programs from all users. > > lsof -i shows servers listening on whatever port I set the servers to > > I can launch a browser on the Mac that's running InterMapper and I am prompted for a >login, and I get the expected pages. > > Pat > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Note: To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please send email to: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks! > > ____________________________________________________________________ Note: To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please send email to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks!
