Use nmap to or netstat to see if ftpd is running. in.fptd is a basic server runs from the inetd. uncomment the in.ftpd in /etc/inetd.conf and restart inetd. Alternately you can use many other ftpd like wuftpd, etc. Regards, Mukund Deshmukh Beta Computronics Pvt. Ltd. Web site - http://betacomp.com
-----Original Message----- From: shyamk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, April 07, 2002 7:55 PM Subject: [LIH] I wish to ask a silly question on starting an ftp server >How do you start an FTP server program ? >This might be a silly question , but it is >something for which I have no answer. > >In our server , we faced a two-fold problem : >o One that we could not log-in as any user.This I solved > by entering single-user mode (on rebooting after we knew > something was wrong). >o The second thing is we can not ftp onto our server ! > This has to mean that the FTP server program , was : > - either corrupted > - or not installed > - or mysteriously un-installed > We settled for the first reason , because /usr/sbin/in.ftpd > existed. > > Now I tried /usr/sbin/in.ftpd -S which is supposed to make the daemon > run.But when I did a > ps -A|less or ps -A|grep in.ftpd > > I did not find any semblance to ftp among the processes displayed. > >Please help me out. My problem is extermely urgent. > >Thanks in advance, >Shyam > >-- > >------------([EMAIL PROTECTED])--(=)--(Shyam)--------------- >"Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder." >"The truth is stranger than fiction." >--------------------------------------------------------- > >_______________________________________________ >linux-india-help mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help > _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
