On Tue, 30 May 2000, Fireman71 wrote: >1 - when trying to send an email with the mail command i got the message :: > "/etc/sendmail.cf: line 0: cannot open: No such file or directory" >so i went and checked, sure enough, there is no file there. I then went >back to the mandrake cd and tried :: "rpm -Uv sendmail-*" which responded >with the reply "sendmail conflicts with postfix-19991231-3mdk" anyone got >any ideas on how i can get this one fixed? With "kpackage" first locate and uninstall Postfix. Then install Sendmail. I know these two don't like each other. >2 - I am now no longer able to telnet or ftp in to my computer either via >localhost or from another machine on my lan or over the Internet. trying >telnet localhost, telnet 127.0.0.1, etc all result in "telnet: Unable to >connect to remote host: Connection refused" ftp localhost gives "ftp: >connect: Connection refused" I am able to masq through this Linux box with >a comp running win98 for http access. Meaning that i can go to my win >machine and tell netscape on it to go to www.mandrake.com and it will >bring the page up and that all works fine. I can even access the default >web page for apache from my win machine with "http://192.168.0.1" Also >telnet and ftp work fine for going out. just when i try to connect in does >it refuse it >From what I learnt here, you could check if ftp and telnet are allowed in your /etc/inetd.conf file. Of course, I may be wrong... Paul )0(-----------------------------------)0( Friendship: lying awake over someone else's problems )0(----[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-------------)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
