Hi,
Thanks I got the POP server running.Thanks again for the help
regards
--vineet
On 18 Apr 2000, Syed Khader Vali wrote:
> >>>>> "vineet" == vineet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> vineet> Hi, I wanted to know how to enable a given port number
> vineet> . Eg: if I write telnet localohost 110 it says connection
> vineet> refused. How do i enable it? I've checked the
> vineet> /etc/services file. But how to go about it? OR if I say
> vineet> how to open and close a particular port? 110 actually
> vineet> belongs to POP. Waiting for a prompt reply thanks in
>
> Hi Vineet,
> It depends on why you wanna open a port ? You want POP3 service ? then
> install a POP3 Server and edit /etc/inetd.conf and enable it by
> uncommenting ( read the related package doc ). If you want to enable
> to a specific port using inetd, then a <whatever> should be
> initialized by editing the appropriate entry in inetd and restarting
> inetd or do a
> killall -HUP `cat /var/run/inetd.pid`
> HTH
> Regards
> - Khader
>
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