unable to connect

Blair Brown brownlb at epb.net
Thu Jun 2 18:44:21 EDT 2005


I just installed rwhois and it starts fine:
mgmt# /usr/local/lib/rwhois/sbin/rwhoisd -c
/usr/local/lib/rwhois/rwhoisd.conf
debug: reading directive config file (rwhoisd.dir)
debug: reading extended directive config file (rwhoisd.x.dir)
debug: reading auth-area config file (rwhoisd.auth_area)
debug: reading schema for auth-area '66.18.32.0/24'
debug: loading attributes for class 'network' in auth-area
'66.18.32.0/24'
debug: loading attributes for class 'EPB-Internet' in auth-area
'66.18.32.0/24'
debug: reading schema for auth-area 'fd00:1234::/32'
debug: loading attributes for class 'network' in auth-area
'fd00:1234::/32'
--------------------------------
root-dir:         /usr/local/lib/rwhois
auth-area-file:   rwhoisd.auth_area
directive-file:   rwhoisd.dir
x_directive-file: rwhoisd.x.dir
register-spool:   register_spool
security-allow:   rwhoisd.allow
security-deny:    rwhoisd.deny
bin-path:         bin
local-host:       rwhois.epbinternet.net
local-port:       4321
userid:           rwhois
max-hits-ceiling: 60
max-hits-default: 20
chrooted:         YES
server-type:      DAEMON
pid-file:         rwhoisd.pid
server-contact:   my email
verbosity-level:  7
use_syslog: NO
default-log-file: rwhoisd.log
--------------------------------

However, when I try to connect, it works okay if I telnet to
localhost:
mgmt# telnet localhost 4321
Trying ::1...
Connected to localhost.epbinternet.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
%rwhois V-1.5:003eff:00 mgmt.epbinternet.net (by Network Solutions,
Inc. V-1.5.9.3)
^C
Connection closed by foreign host.

But if I try to use anything else, such as the IP or fqdn, I get:
mgmt# telnet rwhois.epbinternet.net 4321
Trying 66.18.32.55...
telnet: connect to address 66.18.32.55: Connection refused
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host

I think I've got it pretty much open to anything with the allow/deny
files:
mgmt# cat rwhoisd.allow
xfer: ALL
x-date: 198.41.0.241
rwhoisd:ALL

mgmt# cat rwhoisd.deny
x-date: ALL

Does anyone know why it won't connect to anything but localhost?

Thanks!
Blair


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