Can't access Ubuntu web server from local machine

Question

I'm running python paste http server on port 8087 on Ubuntu 11.10

nmap says 8087/tcp is open

ufw firewall is inactive

But if I pull its local ip up (192.168.1.50:8087) on another local network machine, it cannot connect.

I can ping 192.168.1.50 on the local network machine fine. I can't telnet into port 8087 though, that tells me something is blocking it?

Been at this for a couple hours 0_o

Any help appreciated

Is 192.168.1.50 your local machine, or some other machine on the local network? — favoretti, Jan 02 '13 at 22:35
So, you run nmap from your local machine to 192.168.1.50, you can see 8087 listed as open, but if you try to telnet there it doesn't work? — favoretti, Jan 02 '13 at 22:39
sorry had that backwards. 192.168.1.50 is the server. if I run nmap on the server, 8087 is open. — Vigrond, Jan 02 '13 at 22:40
Ahh, try looking at `netstat -anp | grep 8087` and see whether it's bound to `*:8087` or `127.0.0.1:8087` or `0.0.0.0:8087`? — favoretti, Jan 02 '13 at 22:40

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 02 '13 at 22:44

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it is bound to 127.0.0.1:8087 – Vigrond 46 secs ago

That's your problem. You need to reconfigure your paste server to bind to either 192.168.1.50 or to 0.0.0.0; 127.0.0.1 is a loopback interface that doesn't accept connections from outside.

answered Jan 02 '13 at 22:44

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Very nice. Worked perfectly. Thanks! I didn't know that 0_0. I set it to 0.0.0.0 – Vigrond Jan 02 '13 at 22:47

Can't access Ubuntu web server from local machine

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