From: Cooper, Keith (kcooper@SELFREGIONAL.ORG)
Date: Mon Mar 10 2003 - 12:45:20 EST
Afternoon guru's.
Just got over a big problem here and wanted some thoughts as to if this
the way it should work or not.
I have two AIX 4.3.3. machines. I needed to copy the /etc/passwd file
from Machine A to Machine B, but in to a different directory on Machine
B.
My exact steps were (and I have verified this with some other test
ftp's).
On Machine B:
cd /
ftp Machine A
login as root.
Enter root password.
pwd
system replied "/"
GET /etc/passwd ( the following is a mock up
of what I rec'd when I did the ftp - this was from another test file to
prove what happened")
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening data connection for /etc/passwd (750 bytes).
226 Transfer complete.
750 bytes received in 0.000277 seconds (186.9 Kbytes/s)
local: /etc/passwd remote: /etc/passwd
ftp> quit
221 Goodbye.
Shouldn't the file have gone to the / directory? I had to grab a copy
of the /etc/passwd on Machine A's last mksysb to get people back on the
System. If this is by design, I have found a new respect for FTP!
>From now on I believe I will start giving FTP a target filename as well
as the source.
Much thanks,
Keith C.
Keith Cooper
Unix Administrator
Self Regional Healthcare
Greenwood, SC USA
IBM AIX System Admin 4.3/System User, A+, Linux+,
Network+, I-Net+ Certified, Compaq APS Certified - Notebooks &
Desktop/Workstations.
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