Thanks so much for the help.
On Sat, 01 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> first check wu-ftpd
>
> rpm -V wu-ftpd
>
> Then inetd
> rpm -V netkit-base
>
> for any major problems
>
> now make sure ftp is enabled in inetd.conf
> grep ftp /etc/inetd.conf|grep -v -q \#ftp
> Should return blank
>
> now make sure inetd is running
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/inetd status
It worked after that step. I was trying to copy a CD (in HFS format) to my mac,
and since I was only able to ftp anonymously, finally hit on the idea of
mounting the CD to /home/ftp/pub.
Thanks again for the help.
-- Stephen
> if it's not working by now, check the port
is being listened to > netstat -ln|grep ':22' >
> and that ipchains isn't blocking it
> ipchains -L -nvx |grep ':22'
>
> On Sat, 1 Apr 2000, Stephen Boulet wrote:
>
> > Unfortunately, this didn't help. :(
> >
> > Any other suggestions?
> >
> > -- Stephen
> >
> > On Sat, 01 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> >
> > > Stephen Boulet wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm having trouble getting ftpd from the wu-ftpd rpm to work; I get the
> > > > "connection refused" message when trying to log in from a mac client that I can
> > > > ping, or even when trying to run the ftp command from my user account
> > > > (spboulet).
> > > >
> > > > Any help appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > -- Stephen
> > >
> > > Richard replyed:
> > >
> > > Go to gnome and double click drakconf then go to security settings and put it to
> > > medium, that should do it.
> >
>
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