From: Saxon, Lamar (Lamar.Saxon@AMERICREDIT.COM)
Date: Thu Jul 18 2002 - 10:54:28 EDT
You might turn ftpd into logging and debugging mode in /etc/inetd.conf.
Look @ the man page. You will need to have syslogd running too and refresh
inetd once you make the entries.
Once you do that it might be more apparent where the problem is...
Lamar
-----Original Message-----
From: Holger.VanKoll@SWISSCOM.COM [mailto:Holger.VanKoll@SWISSCOM.COM]
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 9:34 AM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: strange ftp behavior
the exact error-msg would be helpful
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Scheeringa [mailto:kens@SHADOW.AGRY.PURDUE.EDU]
> Sent: Donnerstag, 18. Juli 2002 15:56
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: strange ftp behavior
>
>
> Hi *,
>
> Running AIX 4.3.2 on an RS6000 3CT
>
> I am puzzled by this strange ftp behavior on "machineA":
>
> ftp -i machineA
> login: #OK, no problem
> password: #OK, no problem
>
> ftp>get fileABC #OK, no problem
> ftp>mget fileA* #error message
> Connection closed by remote host.
> ftp>
>
>
> My solution:
>
> Copy ftpd from MachineB (also AIX 4.3.2) to /usr/sbin on MachineA
>
> Now repeat above ftp session on MachineA.
> Everything including mget works!
>
>
> Next day (no reboot):
> Repeat above ftp session on MachineA.
> Same symptoms as yesterday, mget FAILS.
>
> Anybody can figure out what might be going on?
>
>
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