Re: [leafnode-list] leafnode stopped working

[romildo@xxxxxxxxxxx]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 12:34:53AM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote:
> romildo@xxxxxxxxxxx schrieb am 2004-02-21:
> 
[...] 
> > $ NNTPSERVER=localhost slrn -f ~/.jnewsrc --create
> > slrn 0.9.8.0 [2003-08-25]
> >  
> > Reading startup file /home/romildo/.slrnrc.
> > Using newsrc file /home/romildo/.jnewsrc for server localhost.
> > Connecting to host localhost ...
> > Failed to initialize server
> > Reason:
> > slrn fatal error:
> > Failed to initialize server.
> > 
> > Any help?
> 
> Whatever slrn wants to tell us with that message, that's neither an OS
> message not a NNTP status message. What does
> 
> telnet localhost 119
> 
> print?  If leafnode greets you, type "QUIT".
> 
> Otherwise, please see the FAQ that came with leafnode and the
> "TROUBLESHOOTING" section in the "README" - I need to see what's going
> on.

I have found the problem. It was the xinetd configuration, where
the line

only_from      = localhost

was posing problems. localhost was not being correctly resolved.
Replacing 'localhost' with '127.0.0.1' solved the problem.

Regards.

Romildo
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