No firewall rules, still can't connect to localhost

GeekMasterFlash · 07-26-2006, 10:38 AM

I am not sure if this topic belongs here, but I am having a problem.

I am trying to set up a Samba server, but when I run smbclient -L localhost I get an error:

Error connecting to 127.0.0.1 (Connection refused)
Connection to localhost failed

I also can not telnet on port 23 to localhost.

I have turned off iptables, and the problem consists. I can telnet to other ports such as 53. Can anyone help me figure out this problem?

gizza23 · 07-26-2006, 11:37 AM

Hi,
Can you at least ping localhost?

Code:

#ping localhost

GeekMasterFlash · 07-26-2006, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gizza23

Hi,
Can you at least ping localhost?

Code:

#ping localhost

[root@Odin ~]# ping localhost
PING localhost (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from Odin (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.594 ms
64 bytes from Odin (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.601 ms
64 bytes from Odin (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.607 ms

Yes, I can even telnet in on some common ports like 53 (DNS) using localhost as the name.

fotoguy · 07-27-2006, 01:01 AM

Also check the /etc/hosts.deny of the host your trying to connect too. If it has ALL:ALL in it you will need an entry in the /etc/hosts.allow file to allow you connecting host's ip address or the network ipaddress range:

# /etc/hosts.allow
ALL:192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0

Assuming you have a 192.168.1.0 network, just change it to your real network ipaddress range