On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 01:12:30PM +0200, Oded Arbel wrote: > On Friday 03 October 2003 19:23, Ori Idan wrote: > > On Friday 03 October 2003 17:23, Shaul Karl wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 03:30:32PM +0200, Ori Idan wrote: > > > > I have installed a RH7.3 machine. > > > > I enabled FTP in xinetd.d and restarted xinetd > > > > However I still can not connect with FTP > > > > I have checked with rpm -q that wu-ftpd is installed and it is > > > > installed > > > > > > > > What might be going wrong here? > > > > > > firewall? Permissions in general? Anything in the log? Have you tried > > > to ftp localhost? > > > > It worked when I started the daemon manualy so the problem seems to be the > > xinetd and not the ftp daemon. > > I tried restarting the xinetd service but it did not help. > > Anyone has a clue? > > sounds like wu-ftpd is running as a standalone server and not through xinetd > (its been a while sinse I last used wu, but I seem to remember it having this > option) > > BTW - how about using a different ftp server ? I always found wu software to > be a bit lacking on the configuration side. ProFTPd or pure-ftpd are much > better choises IMO. > > -- > Oded > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
I've been using vsftp (Very Secure FTP) for 2 years now an one of my
RH7.3 boxes without incident. I can certainly recommend.
You might want to do a "tail -f /var/log/messages" to check if the
firewall is drooping your ftp packets. If you firewall is configured
to log these things that is.
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"Cut your own wood and it will warm you twice"
Regards, Yoni Rabkin
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