Connection Refused

[Chuck Allison]

Hello Grant,

This does not solve the problem - the connection is stil refused. Thanks anyway.

Wednesday, May 28, 2003, 4:00:29 PM, you wrote:


GR> On Wednesday, May 28, 2003, at 03:29  PM, Chuck Allison wrote:

>> Hello pluglist,
>>
>>   I'm trying to access swat by going to localhost:901 and I get a
>>   connection refused message. What setting do I have to do where to
>>   allow accessing ports on localhost? The swat service is up and
>>   running. Thanks.

GR> Depending on your RedHat version:
GR> (8.0 and above)
GR> /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables stop

GR> 7.3 - 7.0:
GR> /etc/rc.d/init/ipchains stop

GR> will stop the built-in firewall.  Redhat defaults to a security level 
GR> of medium, and only allows in http, dns, and dhcp, if I remember 
GR> aright.  Others may be able to tell you where to actually change the 
GR> firewall rules.

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Best regards,
 Chuck Allison (The Harmonious CodeSmith)
 Senior Editor, C/C++ Users Journal
 cda at freshsources.com