[H-GEN] [ADMIN BOUNCE] newbie

[Jason Henry Parker]

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Matt Bodman <mbodman at austereo.com.au> writes:

Can you snip the nonrelevant bits out of what you're replying to and
intersperse your comments?  Follow my example if you need to.  Thanks.

> Here's my next problem.. sometimes when I perform root tasks, I get a "cannot
> connect to server" error.

What exactly are you trying to do?  As in, what command are you
running?  The *exact* error message (cut and paste is useful here) is
also important:  it can allow someone with knowledge or the source
code to find precisely where things are going wrong.

This _sounds_ (of course I can't be sure without more info) as though
you're doing something that's trying to connect to a port but you're
getting a connection refused error.  This usually means there is
nothing listening on the other end.

> Does this have something to do with Tripwire or maybe I've disabled
> one to many system services.  Can anyone help?

Probably the latter, but as I said, we need more information than
this.

Welcome to the list.

jason
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