Re: [TCLUG:10772] ftp access problems

[Nate Carlson <natecars@real-time.com>]

On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:

>         I can telnet into a certain machine (provided that the address is
> allowed in hosts.allow); but I can't ftp to/from it.
>         ftp and telnet are both allowed in inetd.conf; both allowed in
> hosts.allow. when I try to ftp in, tho; it gives "connection closed by
> foreign host".
> 
> what am I missing here?
> 
> Carl Soderstrom
> 

Stupid question, but do you have ftpd installed? I know redhat has it
configured in /etc/inetd.conf even if you don't install it, and that's the
error you get when ftp'ing.

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