[pkg-firebird-general] Re: fb2-ss 1.5.3.4870-8: "connection rejected for" problem

[Ilja Marchew]

> >> May be the reason for rejection is indeed in /etc/hosts.allow and/or
> >> /etc/hosts.deny?
> > maybe, but i'm completely unfamiliar with them.  can you tell me what
> > to put here?
> the manpage can be accessed with 'man 5 hosts_access'.

yeah, but i have one problem with that manpage.

> If /etc/hosts.deny contains 'ALL: ALL', and /etc/hosts.allow contains
> 'sshd: 192.168.0.0/16', then you can connect to the host via ssh if
> you come from the given ip-address-range. Every other access is denied.

this ALL: and sshd: part -- do i need "gds_db:" as it described in
/etc/services? or "fbserver:" as netstat -ln says? or "fbguard:"
because i use SS version?

> > Also, i work with my IBexpert with many Yaffil DBs, local and remote,
> > so my local firewall configured for that.
> Is it possible to turn the firewall completely off for one test? Just
> to make sure...

tried that in many tests and combinations (also tried with
"just-installed-windows-machine-with-IBexpert-only-and-no-firewall-at-all").
no effect.