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From: "Markus Schönhaber" <gentoo-user@×××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Error in network commands in root mode
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:41:17
Message-Id: 47B1BE16.9060303@schoenhaber.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Error in network commands in root mode by dell core2duo
1 dell core2duo schrieb:
2
3 > Whenever I am trying to do ssh/telnet/emerge --sync in root mode it gives
4 > me error saying "Connection Refused: Forbidden". while same works fine in
5 > user mode.
6 > Below are some examples .
7 [...]
8 > flukebox flukebox # wget yahoo.com
9 > --2008-02-12 19:50:15-- http://yahoo.com/
10 Compare this ^^^^^^^^^
11 > Resolving relproxy.iitk.ac.in... 172.31.1.233
12 > Connecting to relproxy.iitk.ac.in|172.31.1.233|:3128... Connection Refused:
13 and that ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
14 > Forbidden
15 > failed: Connection refused.
16
17 With your root account, you're obviously using a proxy that refuses the
18 request.
19 Since similar things happen when you use telnet/ssh you're maybe using
20 socksified versions of those commands.
21
22 Check your proxy and socks settings.
23
24 Regards
25 mks
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