Re: Re: ftp not running in solaris 8

From: vikas bhargava (vikas_bhargava@rediffmail.com)
Date: Fri Apr 07 2006 - 05:00:24 EDT


Thanks to you all.

I've solved the problem. it was a very small problem. A
special
character was there in the inetd.conf file at line where ftp entry is
located. So after removing that it is working.

Thanks & regards
vikas

 

On
Wed, 05 Apr 2006 Stevens,Kenneth wrote :
>Vikas,
>
>What user ID are you
trying to use -- root will (by default) not be able to sign on to FTP. If you
want to enable root, or any other blocked username, just comment it out in
the ftpusers file (path is /etc/ftpd/ftpusers by the way.)
>
>Also, how are
you trying to sign on to the server? Using a hostname or an IP address? -- I
would use an IP address to avoid a hostname lookup and to simplify setup, if
you are still getting errors write me directly and i will help if i can.
>
>Also, if the system is isolated from the rest of the network you may consider
using 'snoop -v' -- I use this utility a lot -- it will dump the TCP/IP
packets on screen so you may be able to get a better idea of what problems
exist.
>
>-Kenneth Stevens
>Rentsys Disaster Recovery Services
>replyto:
kenneth.stevens@RentSys.com
>
>
>-- You wrote: --
>
>Message: 7
>Date: 5 Apr
2006 10:40:29 -0000
> From: "vikas bhargava" <vikas_bhargava@rediffmail.com>
>Subject: ftp not running in solaris 8
>To: "sunmanagers"
<sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org>
>Message-ID:
<20060405104029.12252.qmail@webmail10.rediffmail.com>
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>
> dear all
>
>Pl. help me. I'm facing the
problem in enabling the ftp service in
>my system. it is running solaris 8.
>problem is that It says connection
>refused when I try to ftp. even on same
machine when I try to ftp itself it
>says connection refused. that means ftp
service is not running on my system.
>I've already checked the
/etc/inetd.conf, /etc/ftpusers, /etc/services file.
>in this every thing is
fine. but still it is not running.
>
>Pl. give me any
>clue.
>
>thanks &
regards
>vikas
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