Is it xinetd? Does it use tcpwrappers of any sort? (more specifically, are you being blocked by /etc/hosts.deny or /etc/hosts.allow) What do your logs tell you? (/var/log/messages, /var/log/xxxxxxx)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 10:48 PM Subject: Networking / security problem in gentoo > Well, my son is upset because he can't print to my printer since I > went to gentoo. He gets a message : > lp: unable to print file: server-error-service-unavailable > > When I try it from a different system, I get : > connection to 'earthman' failed - Connection refused > job 'cfA845starman.oplnk.net' transfer to [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed > > Thinking about this, I realized that I don't understand the gentoo security > model. Apparently they don't use inetd, but reading through the docs it wasn't > clear what they *do* use. I suspect that I have over-secured stuff by accident, > but I don't know where to start. Can anyone give me a clue? (yes, I admit it, I > am clueless... sigh) > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > | Alan K. Jackson | To see a World in a Grain of Sand | > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, | > | www.ajackson.org | Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand | > | Houston, Texas | And Eternity in an hour. - Blake | > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
