[UCLA-LUG] INETD and POP3
Drew
drewm@ucla.edu
Mon, 01 Nov 1999 00:52:27 -0800
actually, I just telneted into port 110 on your box and got greeted by
tcpd, and nothing else... try installing the imapd rpm, that has the
pop3 daemon in it.... and also your auth server seems to be working
perfectly on port 113 from what I can see.....
thefonz wrote:
>
> Thanks for the suggestions,
>
> 113 and 110 were both already open.
> I still cant get either working even with the new auth line.
>
> Thanks again,
> Ilan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Drew <drewm@ucla.edu>
> To: <linux@linux.ucla.edu>
> Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 12:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [UCLA-LUG] INETD and POP3
>
> > thefonz wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey,
> > >
> > > Im new to the list but I hang out in #lug (fonz) sometimes. I was at
> the
> > > last installfest. Just though I should introduce myself. Anyway Ive
> been
> > > having some trouble with both identd and pop3. I think the issues may
> be
> > > some what connected to each other in some way or another.
> > >
> > > Im running Red Hat 6.1 on a P60 w/16MB RAM and a 1.27 gig hd. I use the
> > > machine for IPMASQ and a firewall as well as a httpd, ftp, mail (if i
> ever
> > > get pop3 working) and dns server.
> > >
> > > 1) IDENTD
> > >
> > > For some reason IDENTD doesn't seem to work. I have opened port 113 on
> my
> > > firewall but still nothing.
> > > I think it may be starting up twice because of the errors im seeing in
> the
> > > /var/log/messages:
> > > This error is constantly repeating.
> > > Oct 31 21:16:46 potsie inetd[969]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in
> use
> > >
> > > the auth line in my INETD is:
> > > auth stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/in.identd in.identd -e -o
> >
> > Go ahead and change the line to read
> > auth stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.identd -i -o
> > I noticed it being the same as mine.... strange that Redhat would come
> > like that.... starting two in.identd processes...... also the -i flag
> > tells it to run out of inetd, see if that works for you, I hope it does,
> > I just did this out of my head, and never tested it...
> >
> > >
> > > netstat doesn't so anything about identd as far as i can tell.
> > >
> > > 2) POP3
> > >
> > > I configured my sendmail server earlier today. Everything works fine
> except
> > > for POP3. Mail has been comming in and going out fine. Only problem is
> > > when I try to connect to the mail server using a client that supports
> POP3
> > > it wont connect to download mail. It sends mail out no problem but it
> > > refuses to download any mail. Connection never goes through. At first
> I
> > > thought it was a firewall issue but then I relelised on my internal
> network
> > > all connections are accepted so POP3 should work. To make sure I added
> an
> > > ipchains rule that let connections on port 110 in. Still no luck. I
> have
> > > restarted INETD about a hundred times. Also the pop 3 line in INETD is:
> > > pop-3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd ipop3d
> > >
> > > netstat -a shows this for pop-3:
> > >
> > > tcp 0 0 *:pop-3 *:*
> LISTEN
> > >
> > > telneting to port 110 doesn't work either connection never gets through.
> I
> > > have tried this by telneting to the localhost, telneting from another
> > > computer on my network as well as remotely from computers on the
> internet
> >
> > just make sure your firewall isn't blocking port 110, that's the pop3
> > port, that's probably your problem... I believe....
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks for your help,
> > > Ilan
> > >
> > > PS here is my full netstat -a if it helps....
> > >
> > > Active Internet connections (servers and established)
> > > Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address
> State
> > > tcp 0 0 potsie.house:telnet 192.168.1.20:1056
> > > ESTABLISHED
> > > tcp 0 0 *:linuxconf *:*
> LISTEN
> > > tcp 0 0 *:finger *:*
> LISTEN
> > > tcp 0 0 *:imap2 *:*
> LISTEN
> > > tcp 0 0 *:pop-3 *:*
> LISTEN
> > > tcp 0 0 *:login *:*
> LISTEN
> > > tcp 0 0 *:shell *:*
> LISTEN
> > > tcp 0 0 *:telnet *:*
> LISTEN
> > > tcp 0 0 *:ftp *:*
> LISTEN
> > > tcp 0 0 *:netbios-ssn *:*
> LISTEN
> > > tcp 0 0 *:www *:*
> LISTEN
> > > tcp 0 0 *:smtp *:*
> LISTEN
> > > tcp 0 0 potsie.pacbell.n:domain *:*
> LISTEN
> > > tcp 0 0 potsie.house:domain *:*
> LISTEN
> > > tcp 0 0 localhost:domain *:*
> LISTEN
> > > tcp 0 0 *:auth *:*
> LISTEN
> > > udp 0 0 potsie.hous:netbios-dgm *:*
> > > udp 0 0 potsie.house:netbios-ns *:*
> > > udp 0 0 *:netbios-dgm *:*
> > > udp 0 0 *:netbios-ns *:*
> > > Active UNIX domain sockets (servers and established)
> > > Proto RefCnt Flags Type State I-Node Path
> > > unix 11 [ ] DGRAM 293 /dev/log
> > > unix 0 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 441 /var/run/ndc
> > > unix 0 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 541 /dev/gpmctl
> > > unix 0 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 574
> > > /tmp/.font-unix/fs-1
> > > unix 0 [ ] DGRAM 1412
> > > unix 0 [ ] DGRAM 1245
> > > unix 0 [ ] DGRAM 991
> > > unix 0 [ ] DGRAM 968
> > > unix 0 [ ] DGRAM 736
> > > unix 0 [ ] DGRAM 579
> > > unix 0 [ ] DGRAM 518
> > > unix 0 [ ] DGRAM 439
> > > unix 0 [ ] DGRAM 409
> > > unix 0 [ ] DGRAM 333
> > >
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