Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 12:18:43 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: ringlord@bbs.dcoisp.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd and wu-ftpd not disconnecting users. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971114121727.4016K-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <TCPSMTP.17.11.14.12.43.10.3047923923.5215@bbs.dcoisp.net>
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On Fri, 14 Nov 1997 ringlord@bbs.dcoisp.net wrote: > I am sorry if this message sounds like I am missing something obvious, > but I am in a bit of a jam and I am attempting to find out what the > problem might be. I have a client who is trying to upload a few files > into his homedirectory using ftp. I am running freebsd 2.2.5-release > along with the wu-ftpd-2.4.2-beta-15 port. I have noticed a few strange > things happening here. First, often times, he is unable to complete an > upload to the server if the file is over a meg in size. However, when I > use my ftp client on win95 and try and upload large files to the same > server, it works without a hitch. My huntch is that it is on his isp's > end that he can't always complete ftp uploads, when I can always > complete them? Try disabling tcp_extensions in /etc/rc.conf on the FreeBSD machine. Their connection may be going through an Annex box which munges those extensions. > Also, wu-ftpd never disconnects the user from his ftpd session. This may be related. You might check the output of `netstat' and see what the state of the hung connections are. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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