[hybrid] Clients can't connect (register) on Ubuntu 12.04LTS system

[rjvahc at googlemail.com]

I have a machine still running ircd-hybrid with hybserv on an internal
network, there was no problem because of just firewall. The reason is
somewhere else, it's hard to say from so few data. Working with logs and
configs step for step could probably eliminate this problem, but for
that remote access is needed. Maybe there is something about loaded
module, maybe it is something about passwords (quite often to see
important problem), but from the original letter it can't be seen what
exactly the problem is, it's like "It just hurts!". I think currently of
passwords, but need to learn more to say exactly.

В Чтв, 11/07/2013 в 19:46 -0700, Jack L. пишет:
> Have you tried on another machine? Maybe it's a client side firewall?
> 
> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 7:28 PM, rjvahc at googlemail.com
> <rjvahc at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > I know this problem, but there is no solution in few words. You must dig
> > deep to get out what's the problem this day, reading logs, modifying
> > configs in small steps and so on. I could try to help going into machine
> > if it is clean with no sensible data, but no idea what it could be with
> > the text you provided. By the way, sentences with "...Ident response"
> > are kinda only thing an IRC server says when having problems, it's like
> > "* Ident response" = "I got problems", with no details what problems it
> > could be.
> >
> >
> > В Чтв, 11/07/2013 в 21:43 +0100, David Smith пишет:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I'm having a headache of a time building a PC to replace my previous
> >> server box, which has been running ircd-hybrid for many years.
> >>
> >>
> >> The new box is a 64bit machine, with Ubuntu 12.04LTS 64-bit server
> >> edition installed.
> >>
> >> I've installed ircd-hybrid, and moved my old config across, but when
> >> that failed to work, I went back to basics, and used the provided
> >> ircd.conf, with only the server IP and the "havent_read_conf" setting
> >> changed (i.e. no server passwords or any other obvious gotchas).
> >>
> >> The problem is that whenever any client connects, I get the following:
> >> 21:20 -!- Irssi: Connection to 10.9.2.1 established
> >> 21:20 !hybrid7.debian.local *** Looking up your hostname...
> >> 21:20 !hybrid7.debian.local *** Checking Ident
> >> 21:20 !hybrid7.debian.local *** No Ident response
> >>
> >>
> >> ....but then *nothing* else.  I can leave it for many minutes, (5...
> >> 10...), after which the connection sometimes drops out, sometimes
> >> doesn't, depending on the client.
> >>
> >>
> >> I have tried through the 127.0.0.1 address, and through the eth0 LAN
> >> address.  I have tried clients on other machines.  There is no
> >> firewall in the way (nothing in "iptables -L").
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Don't be fooled by the "No Ident response" final line... I have tried
> >> installing an ident server, so that it DID get an ident response, and
> >> it halted at just the same point.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The version installed here is the stock from Ubuntu12.04LTS,
> >> 7.2.2.dfsg.2-6.3 but I have tried other versions from ealier/later
> >> Ubuntu distros.  I think I've also tired an 8.x version (..I've tried
> >> so many things, I've lost track..), and all of those that I have
> >> managed to install/compile successfully have behaved the in the same
> >> way.  My original attempt was a self-compiled .deb with SSL enabled,
> >> but, again, that did not work, although the very same .deb did work on
> >> another 12.04LTS 64-bit machine.  I've even formatted the box, and
> >> done a fresh OS install followed by an apt-get install of hybrid-ircd,
> >> and still get the same results!
> >>
> >>
> >> I have only found a handful of posts describing this problem on
> >> Google, and of those, one ended in the advice of "use another ircd",
> >> and the other threads just went cold, or never got a first response.
> >> I cannot use another ircd, since I'm joining this to other
> >> hybrid-ircds on other boxes.
> >>
> >>
> >> (eg http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1432177  and
> >> http://bit.ly/18QqdHs  both sound like my problem, but with no
> >> solutions).
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> So.. have you guys come across anything like this?  Or, what can I do
> >> to help diagnose the problem?
> >>
> >>
> >> Many thanks,
> >>
> >> --Dave
> >>
> >>
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