I''m a total newbie. I''ve just installed version 2.0.8 all my services are working, ie smtp, imap, pop, web etc, however the only problem i have is that spamc is no longer working. here''s the error message. Nov 4 23:04:32 lnxbx spamc[4101]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.1 failed, retrying (#1 of 3): Connection refused If I change Shorewall:all2all to accept spamc works. I''m not sure what problem this would have on my system. Badboy
On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 15:51, lnx wrote:> I''m a total newbie. I''ve just installed version 2.0.8 all my services are > working, ie smtp, imap, pop, web etc, however the only problem i have is > that spamc is no longer working. here''s the error message. > > Nov 4 23:04:32 lnxbx spamc[4101]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.1 > failed, retrying (#1 of 3): Connection refused > > If I change Shorewall:all2all to accept spamc works. I''m not sure what > problem this would have on my system.1) You are blocking fw->fw traffic; this means that you didn''t correctly follow the instructions in the QuickStart guide (http://shorewall.net/shorewall_quickstart_guide.htm) that matches your configuration. 2) If you check your setup steps against the appropriate guide and still can''t determine what the problem is, please consult the Shorewall Support Guide (http://shorewall.net/support.htm) for instructions for submitting a problem report; if you include the information asked for in the Support Guide, we will be happy to help. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool Shoreline, \ http://shorewall.net Washington USA \ teastep@shorewall.net PGP Public Key \ https://lists.shorewall.net/teastep.pgp.key
On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 15:51, lnx wrote:> I''m a total newbie. I''ve just installed version 2.0.8 all my services are > working, ie smtp, imap, pop, web etc, however the only problem i have is> that spamc is no longer working. here''s the error message.> Nov 4 23:04:32 lnxbx spamc[4101]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.1> failed, retrying (#1 of 3): Connection refused> If I change Shorewall:all2all to accept spamc works. I''m not sure what >problem this would have on my system. 1) You are blocking fw->fw traffic; this means that you didn''t correctly follow the instructions in the QuickStart guide (http://shorewall.net/shorewall_quickstart_guide.htm) that matches your configuration. 2) If you check your setup steps against the appropriate guide and still can''t determine what the problem is, please consult the Shorewall Support Guide http://shorewall.net/support.htm) for instructions for submitting a problem report; if you include the information asked for in the Support Guide, we will be happy to help. Made the changes and it''s working. Thanks for the quick response. Badboy