TCPSocket.new 'Bad file descriptor'

[sean nakasone]

Here's my very simple script to open a tcp port and write to it.

require 'socket'
s=TCPSocket.new("173.30.6.16", 9990)
s.write("Hello\n")
s.close

The TCPSocket.new returns with:

cli.rb:3:in `initialize': Bad file descriptor - connect(2) (Errno::EBADF)
from cli.rb:3:in `new'
from cli.rb:3


The IP address is the PC that I'm running the script from. I'm stumped
because if I replace "173.30.6.16" with "localhost" or "127.0.0.1", it
works. Any suggestions? I guess it could be a network security issue,
but how can I get around this?

 

[SHiBuMi]

Yes, it's most probably a network security issue. Check your firewall
settings, and in order to be sure, disable your firewall and try while
firewall is disabled.

 

[Aryk Grosz]

Im actually getting this error now as well, and I tried disabling my
firewall, and disabling the settings on my norton AntiVirus.

Ive tried

TCPSocket.new "localhost", <port>
TCPSocket.new "127.0.0.1", <port>
TCPSocket.new "<computer name>", <port>

These all give the same errors. My mongrel servers work fine as usual. I
don't know why Im having so much trouble making a TCPSocket connection.


Any thoughts?