Re: [cobalt-users] Configuring ports

[jens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jens Kristian Søgaard)]

Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> >     OK,  my problem is that I have an application that SHOULD BE using
> >     port  8400, but its requests are not reaching the destination. So,
> >     I  wonder if I need to enable that port somewhere in my machine to
> >     get that application to communicate using that port.

> How do you know it's not using the port.  What's supposed to be
> happening that isn't?

You can always check, what application is using a port. Either by
inspecting the /proc/ directory directly, or by using a helper
program. In the proc directory you see a list of directories that are
named numbers; this corresponds to live PIDs on the system. In each of
those directories, there is a fd directory, which has information on
the opened filehandles by that program. By checking what they link to,
you can see which program opened what port.

For most, however, it is easier to just use this program:

        http://fox.twu.net/tech/code.shtml

It's called PIDPort and is a free download.

Now you can check for sure, that the program in question has opened
the right port.

> >     I  just  hit  reply, I didn't notice it wasn't going to the lists.
> >     Actually,  I  checked  your previous messages, and they don't have
> >     the list address on the headers...

> The list reply-to isn't always working; I had to just change the address
> on this post, or else it would have gone straight to you <frown>.  Since
> other people are reporting the problem as well, we know it's NOT our
> mail clients, but rather something wrong at the Cobalt/Mailman end.

Well, I subscribe to several lists/groups, and each of them has their
own flunky ways of doing things. Today, it is necessary to use a
mailclient which is aware of mailinglists; and thus will do The Right
Thing (TM) for you. 

One of such mailclients is Gnus (comes installed on your RaQ); and it
correctly sends replies directly to the list (unless you specifically
asks it to send directory to the author of the message).


-- 
Jens Kristian Søgaard, Mermaid Consulting I/S,
jens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
http://www.mermaidconsulting.com/