Re: [SM-USERS] Connection refused on 2096 - can't login

[Paul L. <pa...@sq...>]

Brian Parish wrote:
> On Wednesday 29 June 2005 13:35, p dont think wrote:
> 
>>Brian Parish wrote:
>>
>>>This is a RHEL3 machine with all updates.  Installed the latest stable
>>>version using the RPM.  Ran the config script but made minimal changes.
>>>
>>>When I attempt to browse I get:
>>>
>>>The connection was refused when attempting to contact my.server.name:2096
>>
>>2096?  That's very non-standard; you should tell us more about your
>>setup if that's normal for you.
>>
>>
>>>There's no firewall running.  I can telnet to my imap server.  Just can't
>>>get as far as a login prompt for SM.
>>
>>Read this:
>>
>>Posting Guidelines:
>>
>>http://squirrelmail.org/wiki/wiki.php?MailingListPostingGuidelines
>>
>>Then post what you find from your mail log.
> 
> 
> Apache/1.3.33 
> dovecot-0.99.14-1.1.el3.rf
> RHEL3 updated to be current
> 
> Nothing related shows in the mail log.  In the httpd access log I get:
> 
> "GET /webmail/src/configtest.php HTTP/1.1" 302 304
> 
> as a result of attempting to browse to the configtest, but nothing in the 
> httpd error log.  Nothing in the system log.

What is the output of that script?

> I have no idea why the connection is being attempted on 2096.  Where is this 
> determined?

You're joking, right?  ;)  Please review your SquirrelMail configuration 
file by hand or by using the config/conf.pl script.  Server settings 
including port number are contained therein.

> Not much help I guess.  Any idea where to look next?

After reviewing your server setup in SM config, check configcheck and/or 
login and watch mail log.


   - paul


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