On 11-Apr-98 Casey Bralla wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Apr 1998 12:47:29 +0200 (MET DST), Jacek Andreas Matulla
> wrote:
>
>>>>I have installed leafnode. It added this to /etc/inetd.conf
>>>>
>>>>nntp stream tcp nowait news /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/leafnode
>>>>
>>>>Then as suggested in a paper I added to my /etc/profile
>>>>
>>>>export NNTPSERVER=localhost
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Then I set the newsserver in Netscape to localhost.
>>>>But it will not work. What am I doing wrong here...?
>
>>Yes I did...and I added fetch to my ip-up.local, too. But there's no go.
>>When I'm online and I give to Netscape the newsserver news, it loads the
>>groups. But when I give to Netscape localhost as the newsserver I'll get a
>>message that it's unable to connect to localhost. It seems that leafnode
>>won't
>>run somehow....fetch will not start, too. It seems that maybe I have to add
>>something to the /etc/hosts.allow concerning localhost or news....but I do
>>not
>>know what... It seems that Netscape can see that localhost exists...but it
>>cannot connect.....
>
> How are you telling Netscape "localhost"? Are you typing in
> "localhost", or are you entering "127.0.0.0"? or are you typing in
> the IP address of your computere (ie: "192.168.1.5")?
> J R Casey Bralla
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well, it does not matter....it does not work with 127.0.0.1 and it does not
work with just localhost. It seems that leafnode is not running...or Netscape
cannot access it. 127.0.0.0 does not work, too BTW.
Hope You or someone has an idea....
TIA and Greetings...
Jacek
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