is the httpd service started ? do as root : service httpd restart in order to access a 'port' you need to start a service that creates a socket on it. check : man chkconfig chkconfig --list | grep on to see your startup services and replace 'on' with 'off' to see the stopped services. On Tue, 2004-03-16 at 22:09, Vince Thompson wrote: > I have two computers that I loaded Fedora on. I am trying to get the web > browser to show the localhost but keep getting the Connection Refused > message on both machines. > > If I use http://localhost or http://127.0.0.1 I get the connection refused. > If I use Telnet to connect I get the connection refused message too. > If I try rlogin I get the connection refused message. > I was trying to get Samba and Swat working so http://localhost:901 was one > of the first addresses I tried and got the connection refused message. > > I am able to connect to the machines with ssh and from a Windows machine > using PuTTY. > > The desktop machine has the following in its hosts file: > > # Do not remove the following line, or various programs > # that require network functionality will vail. > 127.0.0.1 hpvli8ux localhost.localdomain localhost > 192.168.1.12 vetts > > I have the firewall turned off. > > Has anyone else had this problem and found a solution? > > I've tried google searches but haven't found a solution yet. Also, is there > a way to search the archives for this maillist? -- Rotariu Bogdan <bogdan@xxxxxxxxxx> Alterox Sistem
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