[Box Backup] bbstored/bbackupd communication ports

[Robert Shaw]

On Jan 19, 2005, at 6:15 PM, Chris Wilson wrote:
> I think I understand now. bbstored binds to a specific IP address, not 
> to localhost. So you can't (on homeserver) run "telnet 127.0.0.1 2201" 
> but you can run "telnet homeserver 2201". Thus, SSH also needs to 
> connect to the IP that bbstored is bound to, not to localhost. You can 
> confirm this with "lsof -lnp | grep bbstored" on homeserver.
>
> Most services will bind to "any address" (0.0.0.0), thus you can 
> connect either to localhost, or the private IP(s) of the server, and 
> it doesn't make any difference to them. That's why IMAP etc. worked 
> but bbstored didn't.

Ah! Makes perfect sense now. Thanks for the clarification.

> Sorry I misunderstood your network layout, it's late and I'm tired.

No sweat. It's a bit convoluted anyway, I didn't expect anyone to get 
it the first time. ;D

Thanks again,
-Robert