Subject: Re: proftpt startup probs details
From: Jim Cole (greyleaf@yggdrasill.net)
Date: Mon Nov 22 1999 - 14:54:19 MST
Have you checked your /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny files to
make sure that there is permission for the ftp connection.
Jim
John's bits of Sat, 20 Nov 1999 translated to:
> i don't know why proftpd with inetd isn't working.
> if i set the inetd.conf to:
>
> # These are standard services.
> ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.proftpd
> telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.telnetd
> #gopher stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd gn
>
> telnet works, but my remote ftp client gives me a
> "the connection with this server has been closed or the server is not
> listening"
>
> but if i comment ftp out of the inetd.conf,
>
> it reacts differently, it looks a long time for the ftp server and says
> "failed to make connection with this server"
> (which you'd expect, since i just turned it off)
>
> but if i open a term and throw it a
> /usr/sbin/proftpd
>
> all the ftp services work fine.
>
> the only difference i can see in the /usr/sbin directory between telnet and
> ftp is
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 36984 Jun 25 07:27 in.telnetd
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Sep 23 17:47 in.proftpd -> proftpd
>
> maybe the link is bad?
>
> arghh!
>
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