Re: how can i open a port

["Rene's Caltech Email" <shyfire azrael caltech edu>]

On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Ed Wilts wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 12:57:02PM -0700, Rene's Caltech Email wrote:
> > does it mean that if the service is running then the port is running as 
> > well?  i scanned two different linux servers...the port is open in server 
> > but not on the other one...i tried the commands u told me about but it 
> > seems it just restarted the service.  any other suggestions?
> 
> The imap services is invoked by xinetd, so it doesn't really "run".
> To confirm that xinetd will start imap, do:
> # netstat -apn | grep 0.0.0.0:143
> You should see a line with LISTEN on the end.
> 
> If it's listening, but you can't get to it from another server, you may
> have it blocked by your firewall rules.  I don't do iptables, so if
> that's the problem, post back to the list and get somebody too tell you
> how to open up the port through your firewall. 
> 
> 
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okay i tried: netstat -apn | grep 0.0.0.0:143 on the server with the 
problem and it didnt listen.  does anybody know how to do iptables/mess 
with the firewall rules?



thanks ahead of time,
 
-Rene Enriquez
rene enriquez azrael caltech edu


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