Re: FW: "421 Service not available, remote server has closed connect ion\"

[Marcel van der Goot <vdgoot earthlink net>]

> Trying to access [by ftp] a RedHat 6.1 server from another linux box, gives
> "421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection."

I have RedHat 5.2 instead of 6.1, but the installation is probably similar.
There are *three* rpm packages involved:
  ftp : the ftp program and man page
  wu-ftpd : provides the ftpd daemon, as well as /etc/ftpaccess etc.
            In the RedHat 5.2 manual this package was misidentified, and
            from your problem I guess that hasn't improved with 6.1 ...
  anonftp : provides the /home/ftp directory. You don't need this unless
            you want anonymous ftp (you'll also need a user "ftp" for this).
So it's wu-ftpd that you need (assuming they didn't rename it to something
else).
The man page explaining in.fptd is actually ftpd(8), which is also part
of the wu-ftpd package.
My /etc/inetd.conf reads the same as yours; my /etc/hosts.allow is
actually empty.

					Marcel van der Goot

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