On Sat, 1 Jul 2000, Mike Hicks wrote:

> Hmm.. well, that's interesting..  However, you should have been trying
> to connect to 127.0.0.1 (the local loopback IP address).  Incidentally,
> I wonder what would happen if a person were to try to ping 0.0.0.0 (/me
> shudders at what *could* happen..)

[root at monolith /etc]# ping 0.0.0.0
PING 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) from 127.0.0.1 : 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0.0 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.0 ms

--- 0.0.0.0 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 0.0/0.0/0.0 ms

[root at monolith /etc]# telnet 127.0.0.1 6000
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to 127.0.0.1.
Escape character is '^]'.
Connection closed by foreign host.
[root at monolith /etc]#


> Did I say anything about xauth in my last message?  That may be the
> culprit..

Well there is no active xauth process and aside from that I cannot
remember where I need to go and see if I have commented it out(I remember
a file in /etc but it is escaping me now).  The answer is sitting just out
side the left half my brain and I cannot reach it.  If xauth is the
culprit, what might I do to remedy the situation?

Thanks
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