From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 8 19:26:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFE0716A4E9 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 19:26:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.187.76.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC2E243D58 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 19:26:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from [IPv6:::1] (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k78JPwWq030780; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 20:25:58 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk from=m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk; sender-id=softfail; spf=softfail X-SenderID: Sendmail Sender-ID Filter v0.2.14 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk k78JPwWq030780 Message-ID: <44D8E541.1060808@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 20:25:53 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060801) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gerard Seibert References: <20060808145644.G2113@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <20060808145644.G2113@scorpio.seibercom.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig1A08CAD04E45F99BE7751E94" X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Tue, 08 Aug 2006 20:26:18 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.3/1640/Tue Aug 8 02:11:04 2006 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, DKIM_POLICY_TESTING,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: FreeBSD-Questions Subject: Re: Port Not Available X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:26:23 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig1A08CAD04E45F99BE7751E94 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Gerard Seibert wrote: > I have not been able to get printing working on this PC. By accident. I= > noticed that the ::1 port does not seem to be available. I tried this > command: >=20 > ~ $ telnet localhost 25 > Trying ::1... > telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused > Trying 127.0.0.1... > Connected to localhost. > Escape character is '^]'. > 220 scorpio.seibercom.net ESMTP Postfix (2.4-20060727) > quit > 221 2.0.0 Bye > Connection closed by foreign host. >=20 > As you can see, it says that the connection was refused. Is this normal= ? > I thought that ::1 and localhost were always available. >=20 Only if you enable IPv6. ie. you put: ipv6_enable=3D"YES" into /etc/rc.conf. That will cause each of your interfaces to have at le= ast a link-local IPv6 address configured, and lo0 will get the ::1 address ap= plied to it. See /etc/rc.d/ip6addrctl /etc/rc.d/network_ipv6 for the gory deta= ils. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig1A08CAD04E45F99BE7751E94 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE2OVG8Mjk52CukIwRCBHaAJ4/mC4YPSrARKzbxuKw2CDwWLNG0wCfYuAX D+X+/ARevLLm/StG2ioqUAQ= =joT2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig1A08CAD04E45F99BE7751E94--