Re: tn5250 time out error.

Does the AS/400 have SSL enabled? If not, it may not be connecting over SSL
and thus dropping the connection as insecure.




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From: linux5250-bounces-Zwy7GipZuJhWk0Htik3J/[email protected] [mailto:linux5250-bounces-Zwy7GipZuJhWk0Htik3J/[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Rhishabh Srivastava
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 4:30 PM
To: Linux 5250 Development Project
Subject: Re: [LINUX5250] tn5250 time out error.

I get the below response

rhishabh@rhishabh1:~$ telnet XXX.XX.XXX.XX 992
Trying XXX.XX.XXX.XX...
Connected to XXX.XX.XXX.XX.
Escape character is '^]'.

then after 2 min
Connection closed by foreign host.

I think its getting connected ..

Rhishabh Srivastava


On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 1:37 AM, Scott Klement
<[email protected]>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> 'connection timed out' means that TN5250 sent a request to connect to
> your server (the one at XXX.XX.XXX.XX) and did not receive a response to
> that connection request, so it eventually timed out.
>
> Most likely, a firewall or similar device is blocking access to yout
> server?
>
> What happens if you type:
>
>    telnet XXX.XX.XXX.XX 992
>
> I know the 'telnet' command wont work because it doesn't support SSL,
> but does it connect to port 992?  Or do you get a time-out error?
>
>
>
> On 4/8/2010 2:27 PM, Rhishabh Srivastava wrote:
> > I am running Ubuntu 9.10 . I tried installing tn5250 for connecting to a
> > AS/400 Server but it just don't connect. The error is
> >
> > rhishabh@rhishabh1:~$ sudo tn5250 AS4
> > [sudo] password for rhishabh:
> > Could not start session: Connection timed out
> >
> > I have created the configuration in ~/.tn5250rc as
> >
> > AS4 {  host = ssl:XXX.XX.XXX.XX
> >            trace = log.txt
> >            +ssl_verify_server
> >              ssl_ca_file = /home/rhishabh/Certificate/AS4.cer   }
> >
> > I configured the tn5250 using --with ssl option to enable ssl support.
> > Though during configuration it generated errors for ncurses library and
> > OpenSSL header files/lib. This i got resolved by d/l the latest pkg and
> few
> > other form Synaptic manager. After which configuration&  make install
> went
> > without any error.
> >
> > Now i am stuck at this error. Log file  only contains
> >
> > tn5250_ssl_stream_init() entered.
> > SSL Method = SSLv23_client_method()
> >
> > I need help in diagnosing this timeout error as where to start.
> >
> >
> > Rhishabh Srivastava
>
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