From: Jamey Cribbs <cribbsj@...>
Date: 2006-07-31T21:22:21+09:00
Subject: Re: DRB ruby ACL problems

Brandon Coleman wrote:
> I have spent several hours trying to workout why drb ruby will not allow 
> a remote pc to connect to my server to pull objects..
> Here's where I stand with the problem:
> Debian server is on 192.168.0.2 running ruby 1.8.2
> Windows client is on 192.168.0.37 running ruby 1.8.4
> I know the versions are different, but I'm worried that updating Debian 
> might break some packages.. I'm still looking into that part.. if I 
> could at least get it to connect I would be happy
>
>
> run drbtest.rb on debian server, do the following tests,
> run drbclient from debian server: connects
> run drbclient from a windows machine: does not connect
> run telnet to the drb port on debian server: does not connect
> run telnet to the drb port, but have netcat running: connects
>
> for some reason I can't get access to that port from another machine 
> with ruby running. I have tried to create an ACL list, but it doesn't 
> seem to help.  If anyone can point me in the direction of documentation, 
> or a code snippet that might fix the problem, it would be greatly 
> appreciated.
>   
What error message are you getting when you try to connect to the 
server?  I remember I had a similar problem a while back.  It turned out 
to have something to do with not having the correct config in my 
/etc/hosts file, I think.  In other words, it wasn't a drb problem, but 
something with how the network addresses were getting resolved.

Sorry I can't remember more.  I think I remember someone having a 
similar issue a few months ago on this list, so you might want to search 
the archives.

Jamey Cribbs

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