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Special Forums IP Networking FTP connection problem Post 27651 by RTM on Wednesday 4th of September 2002 04:32:00 PM
Old 09-04-2002
I was checking back through old posts I had responded to and came across yours. Did you ever get this working?

Some other thoughts:
1. INETD
You could change your /etc/hosts.allow file to have all ftp accepted by putting this into the file:
in.ftpd: ALL

You wrote:
this is all I see when I check inetd.conf file:
ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/bin/in.ftpd

The entry should have one more piece:
ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/bin/in.ftpd in.ftpd

Insure no spaces at the begining of the line or at the end (actual case in SunSolve mentioned this error)

Insure that /etc/inet/inetd.conf is linked from /etc/inetd.conf.
# ls -l /etc/inetd.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 May 7 2001 /etc/inetd.conf -> ./inet/inetd.conf

2. RESOLV.CONF
Did you check your /etc/resolv.conf to point to the correct nameserver? Are you running bind on the ftp server? If so, was it stopped and restarted (Solaris will cache entries and ignore changes in DNS - caching only servers are needed on the server if you use any round robin).

3. REBOOT
Last resort - reboot and see if the problem goes away. Could have cached other info which is interfering (arp table, network routes,...)
 

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ftpconfig(1M)						  System Administration Commands					     ftpconfig(1M)

NAME
ftpconfig - set up anonymous FTP SYNOPSIS
ftpconfig [ftpdir] ftpconfig -d ftpdir DESCRIPTION
The ftpconfig script is executed by the super user to set up anonymous FTP. Anonymous FTP allows users to remotely log on to the FTP server by specifying the user name ftp or anonymous and the user's email address as password. The anonymous users are logged on to the FTP Server and given access to a restricted file area with its own file system root. See chroot(2). The FTP area has its own minimal system files. This command will copy and set up all the components needed to operate an anonymous FTP server, including creating the ftp user account, creating device nodes, copying /usr/lib files, and copying timezone data. The passwd and group files set up have been stripped down to prevent malicious users from finding login names on the server. The anonymous file area will be placed under ftpdir. If the ftp user account already exists, then the current FTP area is used, and the system files in it are updated. All other files are left untouched. This command should be run to update the anonymous FTP area's configuration whenever a system patch is installed, or the system is upgraded. OPTIONS
-d Create a new or update an existing ftpdir without creating or updating the ftp user account. Use this option when creating guest FTP user accounts. OPERANDS
The following operands are supported: ftpdir The absolute pathname of the directory under which the anonymous FTP area is set up. EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned: 0 Successful completion 1 Improper usage of the command 2 Command failed ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWftpu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Evolving | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
ftpaddhost(1M), in.ftpd(1M), useradd(1M), chroot(2), attributes(5) SunOS 5.10 1 May 2003 ftpconfig(1M)
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