From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 29 13:56:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA17887 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 13:56:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from scientia.demon.co.uk (scientia.demon.co.uk [212.228.14.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA17872 for ; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 13:56:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ben@scientia.demon.co.uk) Received: from ben by scientia.demon.co.uk with local (Exim 2.10 #3) id 0zv1se-0002mi-00; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:20:24 +0000 Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:20:24 +0000 From: Ben Smithurst To: Hostmaster Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: ftp daemon problems (was: Re: Help!) Message-ID: <19981229162024.A10677@scientia.demon.co.uk> References: <368860BB.7939D38B@mountainmax.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i In-Reply-To: <368860BB.7939D38B@mountainmax.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hostmaster wrote: > I'm having some problems with my ftp server! I keep getting an answer > when I try to ftp into server saying "421 Service not available, remote > server has closed connection" It was working yesterday! what could have > gone wrong??? Well, try looking at the FTP server's logs. > I've tried adding the lines to rc.local echo " ftpd" && ftpd -D If you've used that line literally, it won't work if ftpd isn't in the PATH (since it's in /usr/libexec it might not be, unless you've changed the PATH). If you can see it running and listening on port 21, it's fine, otherwise try changing it to echo " ftpd" && /usr/libexec/ftpd -D Also, please try to use a more helpful subject line on your messages to freebsd-questions, I have changed it to something more appropriate. -- Ben Smithurst ben@scientia.demon.co.uk send a blank message to ben+pgp@scientia.demon.co.uk for PGP key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message