Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 15:24:33 -0400 From: "James B. Wilkinson" <jimmy@CS.cofc.EDU> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: permission denied on connect requests? Message-ID: <a05100301b99eb0a7cf52@[153.9.17.27]> In-Reply-To: <3D78D612.1070804@expertcity.com> References: <a05100300b99e841e56d6@[153.9.17.27]> <3D78D612.1070804@expertcity.com>
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Why, yes, I do. I was planning to use dummynet later in the semester, and that requires ipfw. Thanks to all who replied. I was probably never going to figure that out. One wonders if the error message could be changed to give a better clue? Thanks, again. >do you have ipfw installed? do an 'ipfw list'; you're probably >blocking your own traffic. > > >James B. Wilkinson wrote: >>Some of the machines in my student lab have a problem connecting to >>others. The error messages vary only slightly, depending on which >>program one tries to use. Here's a sample: >> >> >>ping: sendto: Permission denied >>telnet: connect to address 192.168.0.31: Permission denied >>ftp: connect: Permission denied >> >>I'm running all these programs as root. ifconfig -a gives output >>that looks good to me: the interface is up and the network and >>submask numbers are correct. All the machines have the same network >>number. I have no idea where the "Permission denied" could be >>coming from. Can somebody give me a clue? -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Jimmy Wilkinson | Perfesser of Computer Science jimmy@cs.CofC.edu | The College of Charleston (843) 953-8160 | Charleston SC 29424 If there is one word to describe me, that word would have to be "profectionist". Any form of incompitence is an athema to me. Metathesis??? Don't ax me. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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