Denying connections from 255.255.255.255

[Anthony Veale]

Hello,

I'm trying to set up cfengine version 2 for the first time.  I used to
use version 1 several years ago, so I'm effectively a newbie again.

The problem that I am having is with getting a remote copy to
function.

The server logs a message like:

   cfservd: Denying connection from non-authorized IP 255.255.255.255

I have no idea why the client would be identifying itself with the
global broadcast address.  That just seems bizarre.

The server and clients involved are:

Server: IRIX 6.5, cfengine 2.0.8, db 4.1.25, openssl 0.9.7b
   Note: cfengine, db and openssl compiled by hand

Client: Linux, SuSE 8.2, cfengine 2.0.3, db 4.0.14, openssl 0.8.6i
   Note: cfengine, db, openssl all from the SuSE distribution, with
   any patches supplied by SuSE.

-- 
Anthony Vealé
National Snow and Ice Data Center
E-Mail: veale@nsidc.org
Phone: (303)735-5069