On Mon, 01 May 2000, you wrote:
> I am trying to get FTP working between a WIN98 PC and a Linux server. I
> had it working before on an older red hat distribution. I remember that
> i had to make some changes to a configuration file. Currently when i try
>
> to FTP to the server it says connected--then after about 2 minutes it
> times out. I never get a user name prompt. I have looked everywhere i
> can to try and get a solution to this problem without any luck.
>
You probably need to add your Windows machine's "name" and
IP address into the "hosts.allow" file. OR, run DNS on your
Linux box and put your Windows machine into the DNS server.
John
