on Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 04:57:58PM +1000, Craig W (craigw@bigpond.net.au) wrote: > Hi, > > This may sound really stupid, however I cannot seem to locate anything > about it anywhere. When I view the messages log file it is full of > --MARK-- , what does this mean? I have never seen it on any other of > the Linux boxes I have (running RH though). I am slowly trying to get > to grips with Debian before I go swapping out all the RH boxes. It's a timestamp. You'll find the generating script in one of your system crontabs. > Also any ideas on why I have ssh running & can log in from my internal > network, I have allowed the IP range from work access, I can scan the box > from work & it reports that the ports I have open are definitely open, yet I > cannot connect (I even set up Apache to see if I could get a webpage, ie: > some sort of connection happening between the box & the remote) & yet I > still get "connection refused by remote.." Try running the client with verbose option: $ ssh -v <host> Check your sshd server messages, generally in /var/log/auth.log. > I have triple-checked that I have the ipchains set up correctly ( & > ran a packet through the chains to ensure the chains weren't to > blame), any ideas, I have checked the config of ssh & all appears > sweet, although I get this error when I even try to get the default > page up in a browser on the remote. What happens if you telnet port 80 from a remote site? Does the request show up in any system logs? > I am suspicious of my ISP "filtering" the connections (although after > speaking to them they tell me they don't), although wouldn't a std. > nmap scan show my ports as closed or filtered if this is the case? Check your ISP's AUP. More and more are denying users server ports. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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