Hi, you were probably doing a "telnet <public-ip> 7000". Try doing "telnet 127.0.0.1 7000" instead. Using the first version the telnet connection will come from the public IP, and not from localhost and will thus be denied. Regards, Jan techinfo wrote: > Hi, > I have configured gnugk 2.2.3 on linux debian 4 box but I'm unable to > connect to status port 7000 from a local telnet session. > > I have the following configuration > > [GkStatus::Auth] > rule=explicit > 127.0.0.1=allow > default=forbid > shutdown=forbid > > What I'm doing wrong? > > > -- Jan Willamowius, jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, http://www.gnugk.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________________ Posting: mailto:Openh323gk-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Archive: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=openh323gk-users Unsubscribe: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openh323gk-users Homepage: http://www.gnugk.org/