Re: [aclug-L] ftpd problem, HELP!

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Roger,

That's a very thorough description; great!

On your Linux machine, ftpd ought to log information for you about
what happens.  This will probably have a clue to the problem.  Check
out the following files:

  /var/log/daemon.log
  /var/log/messages
  /var/log/xferlog
  /var/log/syslog
  /var/log/debug.log

And any other file in there that looks relevant.  If you don't get
enough information, add -d to the command line and try again; this
will add some more debugging information.

If you still can't pinpoint the problem, send along your various
config files and maybe somebody here can spot it.

Let me know how it turns out; it sounds like a strange one!

-- John

"Roger Jolicoeur" <komula@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:


> connected by Ethernet The Linux/Server system (Red Hat 5.2) is set
> up as a dual-boot with Widows '98 and the client system is running
> only Win '98.  The TCP/IP appears to be functioning correctly
> because I can serve HTML pages off of the Linux/Apache server to the
> client via Netscape or IE .  When I ping the Linux system from the
> client, port 20 & 21 respond and the ftp service registers as
> active.  However, when I try to make an ftp connection Linux seems
> to start some type of process and never returns the client request.
> The log from WS_FTP on the client shows the following:
> 
> Linux's IP address is 192.168.1.200, the client's is 192.168.1.100.
> There is a long pause after the third line (approx 2 minutes) and
> then the connection is terminated.  I spoke with Tom Wallis about
> this and he helped me identify a couple of problem areas.  First in
> the /etc/inetd.conf file, the reference to /usr/sbin/tcpd needed to
> be deleted because I don't have DNS service configured.  Second, I
> had made an incorrect entry in the /etc/ftpusers file.  (Thanks
> again Tom!)  Unfortunately, I 'm still not able to connect after
> making these changes.  The line I have in the /etc/inetd.conf file
> to start the ftpd is:
> 
> - -
> ftp  stream  tcp  nowait  root  /usr/sbin/in.ftpd -l -A
> - -
> 
> (I've also tried -a, same result)  
> 
> I'm admittedly a newbie (one month old) but I've researched this as
> much as I know how at this point.  I'd really appreciate your help
> getting unstuck.  If you need other information to diagnose the
> problem drop me an e-mail or call me at 393-7550.  Thanks for
> helping!!!
> 
> Roger Jolicoeur
> komula@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [2  <text/html; iso-8859-1 (quoted-printable)>]
> 

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John Goerzen   Linux, Unix consulting & programming   jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx |
Developer, Debian GNU/Linux (Free powerful OS upgrade)       www.debian.org |
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