Yea, well, you see I failed to notice you are trying to log in as root.. By default root cannot telnet or ftp into a linux box.. I never use root for that purpose so I never looked into changing that default. I'm sure it can be set with linuxconf somehow.. Sorry about the misunderstanding ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Lang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 12:29 PM Subject: Re: FTP > Ok, I replaced the packages, same result. However, here is the big picture. > I happen to have several other boxes with a new install of Red Hat, so I > installed wu-ftpd and anonftp on a CLEAN Box, and I get "Connection > Refused". It's not allowing the root (which I am logged in as) to connect. > I've edited the ftphost file to "allow * *.domain.name" to attach. What am I > missing? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christopher Northrop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 11:02 AM > Subject: Re: FTP > > > > I'm telling you do this-- > > > > rpm -ivh --replacepkgs --replacefiles *ftp*.rpm > > of course make sure you have the rpms first.. you can get them from > > redhat.com. > > > > > > This will save a lot of problems. I had the same exact problem as you and > > this fixed it.. if you still have problems reinstall tcpwrappers. You > have > > nothing to lose.. Also unless you have DNS running correctly or have a > host > > entry in your hosts file, stick with using IP numbers. At least untill you > > get ftp to work. > > > > Chris N. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Bob Lang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 10:16 AM > > Subject: FTP > > > > > > > > Still working on my FTP server. Thanks to those who have given me some > > answers, but I'm still having problems. Being the newbie that I am, that > > CAN'T be the problem. Anyway, here's what I have > > > > rpm -qa|grep ftp > > > > ftp-0.16.3 > > gftp-2.0.6a-3 > > ncftp-3.0beta21.4 > > anonftp-2.3-4 > > wu-ftpd-2.6.0-3 > > > > When I enter ftp "machine name" at the console running ftp, the error is > > "connection refused". This would seem to indicate that I have an access > > problem. I edited the ftphost and ftp access files, but still the same > > problem. When I go to another machine and enter "ftp "machine name"" I get > > the error message "Unknown host" which would indicate another problem. > What > > gives? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list