Hi, I'm lost... HOST -------------------------------------------------------------------- cat /proc/virtnet/40003/info ID: 40003 Info: f7d4c240 Bcast: 255.255.255.255 Lback: 127.156.67.1 0: [10.10.43.31-0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0:0010] route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 10.10.10.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 10.10.43.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 0.0.0.0 10.10.43.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:30:05:CF:75:4B inet addr:10.10.43.31 Bcast:10.10.43.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::230:5ff:fecf:754b/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1243495 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:778041 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:1196385313 (1.1 GiB) TX bytes:112573993 (107.3 MiB) Memory:d0400000-d0420000 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1B:21:1A:9D:33 inet addr:10.10.10.90 Bcast:10.10.10.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::21b:21ff:fe1a:9d33/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:8215890 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:16630944 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:598653130 (570.9 MiB) TX bytes:2368811256 (2.2 GiB) lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:2761 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:2761 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:205129 (200.3 KiB) TX bytes:205129 (200.3 KiB) /etc/vservers/mx1# ls -la interfaces/ total 12 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2008-11-26 15:46 . drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 2008-11-10 05:45 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-11-10 05:51 1 /etc/vservers/mx1# ls -la interfaces/1/ total 12 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-11-10 05:51 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2008-11-26 15:46 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12 2008-11-10 05:51 ip -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2008-11-10 05:51 nodev /etc/vservers/mx1# cat interfaces/1/ip 10.10.43.31 cat /proc/virtual/info VCIVersion: 0002:0303 VCISyscall: 273 VCIKernel: 13000ff1 vserver-info Versions: Kernel: 2.6.26-bpo.1-vserver-686 VS-API: 0x00020303 util-vserver: 0.30.216-pre2772; Nov 8 2008, 21:20:22 Features: CC: gcc, gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21) CXX: g++, g++ (GCC) 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21) CPPFLAGS: '' CFLAGS: '-Wall -g -O2 -std=c99 -Wall -pedantic -W -funit-at-a-time' CXXFLAGS: '-g -O2 -ansi -Wall -pedantic -W -fmessage-length=0 -funit-at-a-time' build/host: i486-pc-linux-gnu/i486-pc-linux-gnu Use dietlibc: yes Build C++ programs: yes Build C99 programs: yes Available APIs: v13,net,v21,v22,v23,netv2 ext2fs Source: e2fsprogs syscall(2) invocation: alternative vserver(2) syscall#: 273/glibc crypto api: beecrypt Paths: prefix: /usr sysconf-Directory: /etc cfg-Directory: /etc/vservers initrd-Directory: $(sysconfdir)/init.d pkgstate-Directory: /var/run/vservers vserver-Rootdir: /var/lib/vservers GUEST -------------------------------------------------------------------- route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 10.10.10.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 * 10.10.43.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 0.0.0.0 10.10.43.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:30:05:CF:75:4B inet addr:10.10.43.31 Bcast:10.10.43.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1243471 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:778019 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:1196383233 (1.1 GiB) TX bytes:112570633 (107.3 MiB) Memory:d0400000-d0420000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:2761 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:2761 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:205129 (200.3 KiB) TX bytes:205129 (200.3 KiB) cat /etc/hosts # /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost 10.10.43.31 mx1.xxx.pl mx1 # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts # (added automatically by netbase upgrade) ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts NOW (on client) telnet localhost 25 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. 220 mx1.xxx.pl ESMTP Postfix (Debian/GNU) quit 221 2.0.0 Bye and: Nov 26 19:16:39 mx1 postfix/smtpd[30797]: connect from mx1.xxx.pl[10.10.43.31] Nov 26 19:16:42 mx1 postfix/smtpd[30797]: disconnect from mx1.xxx.pl[10.10.43.31] Why is it connecting using source address 10.10.43.31 and not 127.0.0.1 ? rgrds., Konrad Korzeniowski