Wayne Bastow wrote: > Hi, > > Just installed CentOS 3.3. I said to allow only http and ssh when I > did the install. I can ssh to the machine and until I compiled apache > 2 and installed it seperately I could connect to the default web > server. I am running oracle on the box and have found that I can't > connect remotely to oracle from another linux box (sql*net works fine > on the CentOS box itself). I think it is because the port (oracle is > on 1521) is blocked. Can anyone give me an idea of where to start? > I've looked at hosts.deny/allow and they both contain no entries and > I can't find anything in /etc that seems to be involved in the > problem. it is that iptables firewall that you enabled during installation. I don't use the thing myself, but I'm sure you are getting blocked by that. As for your apache problem, I'd have no clue. I run a stock apache server as I trust RH to keep it patched. .dn