Server socket is not working

[Tamal]

Binary package hint: netcat

$ nc -l 1234 &
[1] 8934
$ nc localhost 1234
localhost [127.0.0.1] 1234 (?) : Connection refused
$ nc tamal-laptop 1234
tamal-laptop [127.0.1.1] 1234 (?) : Connection refused
$ nmap localhost

Starting Nmap 4.62 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2009-02-22 11:19 IST
Interesting ports on localhost (127.0.0.1):
Not shown: 1712 closed ports
PORT STATE SERVICE
80/tcp open http
631/tcp open ipp
5432/tcp open postgresql

Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.192 seconds
$ nmap tamal-laptop

Starting Nmap 4.62 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2009-02-22 11:19 IST
Interesting ports on tamal-laptop (127.0.1.1):
Not shown: 1714 closed ports
PORT STATE SERVICE
80/tcp open http

Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.190 seconds

[William Grant (wgrant)]

You need 'nc -l -p 1234', as the manpage says.

[Tamal (tamal-nath)]

Thanks for the help!

2009/2/22 William Grant <email address hidden>

> You need 'nc -l -p 1234', as the manpage says.
>
> ** Changed in: netcat (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Invalid
>
> --
> Server socket is not working
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/332775
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