Re: Secret to FTP

Subject: Re: Secret to FTP
From: Wendy Faulkner (faulkner@eco.utexas.edu)
Date: Fri Oct 27 2000 - 14:29:58 MDT

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Make sure you do a ps for the inetd process, and do a kill -HUP on it after
editing the inetd.conf file. (Or a reboot.) You might also check the
/etc/hosts.allow /etc/hosts.deny files if you're set up with any kind of
tcpwrappers..

> My inetd.conf file looks like yours. There is also an in.ftpd binary in the
> /usr/sbin directory . . . Any other ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> on 10/25/00 7:41 PM, yellowdog-general-digest-help@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> at yellowdog-general-digest-help@lists.yellowdoglinux.com wrote:
>
> Sounds to me that you are missing the in.ftpd binary...
>
> check out your inetd.conf file and read the last field on the ftp line, it
> should look something like this...
>
> /usr/sbin/tcpd in.ftpd
>
> check to make sure that there is an in.ftpd binary in /usr/sbin... if
> there isn't then that probably is your problem.
>
> RICHARD MASSA
> _UCI_NACS_DCS
>
> On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, F. C. wrote:
>
> > My machine has a hostname, but I did try changing it
> > to see if that made any difference. It didn't.
> >
> > When I try to FTP to my CS 1.2.1 machine from another
> > Linux box (from a command line), this is what I get:
> >
> > Connected to 209.xx.xx.xx.
> > 421 Service not available, remote server has closed
> > connection
> > ftp>
> >
> > If I try to connect to the CS 1.2.1 machine from
> > Anarachie, it just says "Opening Connection"
> > indefinitely.
> >
> > Obviously there is something that I haven't enabled,
> > but I'm outta ideas of where to look.
> >
> >
> > At 4:25 PM -0700 on 10/23/00, F. C. wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Telnet works, but FTP doesn't.
> > >Is there a hidden conf file somewhere?
> >
> > I solved this by giving the machine a hostname in my
> > /etc/conf file:
> >
> > 127.0.0.0 localhost localhost.localdomain
> > 192.168.77.21 myYDLMachineName
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Gawain Reifsnyder
> > Guitar.net, Inc.
> > http://guitar.net
>
>
>
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> My inetd.conf file looks like yours. There is also an in.ftpd binary in the=
> /usr/sbin directory . . .  Any other ideas? 
> 
> Thanks 
> 
> on 10/25/00 7:41 PM, yellowdog-general-digest-help@lists.yellowdoglinux.com=
> at yellowdog-general-digest-help@lists.yellowdoglinux.com wrote: 
> 
> <BLOCKQUOTE><TT>Sounds to me that you are missing the in.ftpd binary... 
> 
> check out your inetd.conf file and read the last field on the ftp line, it<=
> BR>
> should look something like this... 
> 
> /usr/sbin/tcpd in.ftpd 
> 
> check to make sure that there is an in.ftpd binary in /usr/sbin... if 
> there isn't then that probably is your problem. 
> 
> RICHARD MASSA 
> _UCI_NACS_DCS 
> 
> On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, F. C. wrote: 
> 
> > My machine has a hostname, but I did try changing it 
> > to see if that made any difference. It didn't. 
> > 
> > When I try to FTP to my CS 1.2.1 machine from another 
> > Linux box (from a command line), this is what I get: 
> > 
> > Connected to 209.xx.xx.xx. 
> > 421 Service not available, remote server has closed 
> > connection 
> > ftp> 
> > 
> > If I try to connect to the CS 1.2.1 machine from 
> > Anarachie, it just says "Opening Connection" 
> > indefinitely. 
> > 
> > Obviously there is something that I haven't enabled, 
> > but I'm outta ideas of where to look. 
> > 
> > 
> > At 4:25 PM -0700 on 10/23/00, F. C. wrote: 
> > 
> > 
> > > Telnet works, but FTP doesn't. 
> > >Is there a hidden conf file somewhere? 
> > 
> > I solved this by giving the machine a hostname in my 
> > /etc/conf file: 
> > 
> > 127.0.0.0 localhost localhost.localdomain 
> > 192.168.77.21 myYDLMachineName 
> > 
> > 
> > Best regards, 
> > 
> > Gawain Reifsnyder 
> > Guitar.net, Inc. 
> > http://guitar.net>
> 
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