Christian wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > > I have a FTP problem with my Linux machine. When I want to ftp to the
> > > Linux machine from another machine, a statement " connection closed by
> > > remote host" appear. What's wrong with the Linux machine and how do I
> > > fix the problem.
> >
> > That sounds like you havent installed an ftp daemon package at all.
>
> Not quite. Connection _closed_ means a connection was opened and
> subsequently closed. What is probably happening is either a reverse dns is
> required by tcpd and is not being done - or a hosts.deny/allow problem.
>
> This here means no daemon has been run:
>
> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
>
> --
> christian
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Inetd will accept connections for any port in it's configuration file, even
if the executable listed does not exist. In this case the connection will be
closed when the executable associated with the port fails to run. Thus, Alan
would be correct.
Jamie Best
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