From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 6 13:16:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA11075 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 6 May 1998 13:16:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA11025 for ; Wed, 6 May 1998 13:16:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA10933; Wed, 6 May 1998 13:16:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 13:16:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: "Adam L. Simpson" cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unable to ftp into system In-Reply-To: <199805061908.OAA27160@intranet.lrc.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 6 May 1998, Adam L. Simpson wrote: > I have a freebsd system running 2.2.1 on an intranet. I can ftp out to > anywhere, but cannot ftp into the box , even from itself, i get the > following.. > > # ftp intranet > Connected to intranet.lrc.com. > 220 intranet.lrc.com FTP server (Version 6.00) ready. > Name (intranet:adam): adam > 331 Password required for adam. > Password: > 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection > ftp: Login failed. > ftp: No control connection for command: Undefined error: 0 Check your system log -- ftp is dying for some reason. Perhaps you don't have a shell listed in /etc/shells? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message