After installing version 9.0 of Slack I notice I can't
ftp localhost ( or the actual name of the machine).
I checked srvices and it's in there, I checked inetd.conf
and it's in there, inetd is starting up ok, I don't have
a firewall on this machine (I'm behind another), I checked
all the ftp.. files in etc and they are all ok, I even
started ftpd from the command line and I still get the
error:
Service not available, remote server has closed connection.

So what am I forgetting? (^:

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 13:52:19 +0000, Widgeteye wrote:

>
>
> After installing version 9.0 of Slack I notice I can't
> ftp localhost ( or the actual name of the machine).
> I checked srvices and it's in there,I checked inetd.conf
> and it's in there, inetd is starting up ok,

But is the line uncommented, from the error message it sounds like it is,
however i thought i would mention it.

> I don't have
> a firewall on this machine (I'm behind another), I checked
> all the ftp.. files in etc and they are all ok, I even
> started ftpd from the command line and I still get the
> error:
> Service not available, remote server has closed connection.
>
> So what am I forgetting? (^:

Is the program actaually installed. Check the name of the program and the
path in /etc/inetd.conf .

--
If the Linux community is a bunch of theives because they
try to imitate windows programs, then the Windows community
is built on organized crime.

Regards Richard
pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl
http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/

In article <pan.2003.09.24.14.53.40.54007@zeelandnet.nl>, Richard Adams wrote:


>> So what am I forgetting? (^:
>
> Is the program actaually installed. Check the name of the program and the
> path in /etc/inetd.conf .
>


I looked again and inetd was calling wu.ftpd instead of proftpd.
Small oversight. (:

Thanks

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Widgeteye <Widgeteye@widgets.com> wrote:

> I looked again and inetd was calling wu.ftpd instead of proftpd.
> Small oversight. (:

As a point of interest, Pat has just issued a couple of security
bulletins relating to both wu-ftpd and proftpd. You should upgrade
whichever you use. Check the 9.0 ChangeLog for more details.

- --
George Georgakis - geeg AT tripleg net au - http://www.tripleg.net.au/
SlackBuild Central - http://slackpack.tripleg.net.au/

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