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Date:      Sat, 6 Jan 2001 04:56:58 -0800 (PST)
From:      Glendon Gross <gross@clones.com>
To:        "Chad Leigh, Pengar Enterprises, Inc & Shire.Net LLC" <chad@pengar.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cannot ftp into box after 4.2-STABLE upgrade
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.20.0101060454470.31072-100000@mail.clones.com>
In-Reply-To: <3786286823.978743863@[192.168.99.123]>

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Have you tried adding the hostname you are connecting from to
/etc/hosts_allow?  I recall having a similar problem when I first
installed FreeBSD.  Also, you may need '"inetd_enable = "YES"' in
/etc/rc.conf.

On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Chad Leigh, Pengar Enterprises, Inc & Shire.Net LLC wrote:

> Hi All
> 
> I had a 4.0 box that I upgraded to 4.2-STABLE.   It is an internal test box.
> 
> Now I cannot ftp into the box.  It does not matter if I use inetd to start ftpd or if I remove it from inetd and start it by hand.  I start it with ftpd -D -d -l and I don't get any log messages anywhere (and I added ftp.* and *.* to syslog.conf).
> 
> If I try and ftp into the box I get (immediately)
> 
> 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection.
> 
> If I look at the netstat -t is listening on *.ftp . A ps -ax | grep ftpd shows it running.  The above message also comes  when I start ftpd from inetd without -wW .
> 
> I have tried everything.  It never even asks for a username.  /etc/ftpusers 
> does not get used in that case.  ftp was working on this machine before the 
> upgrade.
> 
> Any thoughts or comments to help me out?
> 
> Thanks
> Chad
> 
> 
> Pengar Enterprises, Inc. and Shire.Net LLC
> Web and Macintosh Consulting -- full service web hosting
> Chad Leigh	
> chad@pengar.com			chad@shire.net
> 



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