Hi Vivek! Thanx a bunch and Its working fine now after I changed the inet_interface statement in main.cf
So as I am getting it, results in a portscan shows only those ports which are binded to a particular interface. Am I right? Thanx once again and have a great day! Babs --- vivek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, May 7, 2005 10:44, Devdas Bhagat said: > > On 06/05/05 22:11 -0700, Babs wrote: > >> Hi All! > >> i am facing a strange problem with my FC3. > >> I am running postfix on the machine and a local > nmap > >> shows the port 25 but a remote nmap from another > >> machine doesnt show me port 25 at all!! I am not > able > > > > Broken RPM. Probably you have inet_interfaces = > localhost set in > > main.cf, instead of the default. > > postconf -n is your friend, as is netstat -lnt. > > its just inet_interfaces = localhost > RPM is not broken. redhat and fedora by default come > configured with > connections to postfix allowed only from localhost. > so, > > telnet localhost 25 will work > telnet x.x.x.x 25 will not work where x.x.x.x is the > IP address > > this is the case with ubuntu hoary (debian based) as > well > > o--------------------------------------------------o > | vivek * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://exain.net | > | Registered Linux User: #305493 | > o--------------------------------------------------o > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. > Get your fingers limbered up and give it your best > shot. 4 great events, 4 > opportunities to win big! Highest score wins.NEC IT > Guy Games. Play to > win an NEC 61 plasma display. Visit > http://www.necitguy.com/?r > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. Get your fingers limbered up and give it your best shot. 4 great events, 4 opportunities to win big! Highest score wins.NEC IT Guy Games. Play to win an NEC 61 plasma display. Visit http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
