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

[Kai Bäsler]

>> 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?

The part left of the ':' references the daemon/server process name,  
not the protocol name. So you have to use 'fbserver:'. The usage of  
netstat is right.

myhost:~# netstat -nlp --inet |grep 3050
tcp   0   0 0.0.0.0:3050   0.0.0.0:*   LISTEN   23901/fbserver

But this won't help you, if your /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} were already  
empty, because if there is nothing in them, then access is already  
granted.


>> 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.


Well, it's good to know that the problem is not related to a firewall  
(which has bitten me quite often in the last year ;) ).