Re: [aclug-L] FTP in Linux RH 5.2

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Carl B. Davis" <cdavis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I have RH 5.2 recently installed and working as a server on my Lan.  I
> also have a SCO unix box on the Lan.  I can ping and telnet into both
> systems.  I have WS_FTP95 that I got from Southwind. I can ftp files
> from my SCO box, but for some reason I can't connect to Linux for ftp
> purposes.  I have SAMBA on the linux system and it works great.  
> 
> I didn't specifically set up FTP on the Linux system as I though it
> defaulted to that.  Is there some setup of FTP that I need to do on the
> linux system in order to get it to connect.  I just get a message from
> WS_FTP that "connection failed", but I know I have the right address and
> login. 

I don't know what the default is, and somebody else may need to help
you with the RedHat aspects, but something to check:

In /etc/inetd.conf, there should be a line for FTP.  The file that it
references, /usr/sbin/ftpd, should also exist.  Is that the case?

> 
> Any suggestions will be appreciated. 
> 
> Carl
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