Okay let's clear up a little bit of confusion here. /usr/sbin/in.tftpd is
bad, /usr/sbin/in.ftpd is good.
there should be a line in /etc/inetd.conf that reads
ftp stream tcp nowait mfwic /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.ftpd
NOTE: No # at the begining. also please post exactly what your's reads. also
make sure that the programs listed at the end actualy exist (in this case
/usr/sbin/tcpd, and /usr/sbin/in.ftpd, TCP Wrappers and The Ftp Damon,
respectivly)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Adams [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 4:34 AM
> To: Jim Hicks
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: The new guy can't run an FTP server...
>
> On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Jim Hicks wrote about, Re: The new guy can't run an
> FTP server...:
> > >
> > >Likewise look in /etc/inetd.conf for a line like:
> > >
> > >#ftp stream tcp nowait mfwic /usr/sbin/tcpd
> /usr/sbin/wu.ftpd
> >
> > Also there and not commented. We are using in.ftpd
> >
> > It also appears that the binary is there as well...a 'find' produced:
> > ./sbin/in.tftpd
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >But you are not very informative about how you have confiured the ftp
> > Sorry 'bout that, but I am REALLY new at Linux and didn't know what you
> > would even look for...
> >
> > >server, is there a line in /etc/inetd.conf as;
> > >ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.ftpd -l -a
> >
> > Yes. That lin exactly...
>
> You are confusing me, in answer to my question;
>
> "is there a line in /etc/inetd.conf as"
>
> You say "yes exactly"
> then do you have in.ftpd in /usr/sbin
>
> "yes"
>
> But you say a find found "TFTPD"
>
> They are not the same, the line in /etc/inetd.conf has in.ftpd as its
> binary, you keep saying we are using "tftpd"
>
> The normal one to use is in.ftpd .
> Now just which one do you have and which one is defined.???
>
> ftp will only work when the binary defined is found in /usr/bin or the
> path
> stated in inetd.conf.
> If inetd.conf is changed at all while inetd is running, and it runs all
> the
> time, then after alterations do;
>
> kill -HUP `pidof inetd`
> Note the marks, if that does not work for you, then read the top of
> inetd.conf it tells you what to do.
>
>
> >
> > >and do you have in.ftpd in /usr/sbin ??
> > Yes.
> >
> > >Do you have a directory call /home/ftp and subdirs as
> > >d--x--x--x 2 root wheel 1024 Jun 13 1999 bin/
> > >d--x--x--x 2 root wheel 1024 Jun 13 1999 etc/
> > >drw-rw-rw- 2 root wheel 1024 Jun 28 14:59 incoming/
> > >drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1024 Jun 13 1999 lib/
> > >dr-xr-sr-x 8 root wheel 1024 Nov 21 16:59 pub/
> > >drwxr-xr-x 2 ftp wheel 1024 Aug 17 10:26 tmp/
> >
> > Like this one?
> >
> > drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 1024 Dec 1 13:55 .
> > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 1024 Dec 1 13:55 ..
> > d--x--x--x 2 root root 1024 Dec 1 13:55 bin
> > d--x--x--x 2 root root 1024 Dec 1 13:55 etc
> > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Dec 1 13:55 lib
> > dr-xr-sr-x 2 root ftp 1024 Mar 21 1999 pub
> >
> > everything seems to be in order, but still can't ftp into the box
> (either
> > from itself or a terminal elsewhere)...out from the box works fine.
> >
> > A little befuddled,
> > Jim
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