RE: FW:"421 Service not available, remote server has closed conn ect ion\"

["Quinn, Francis B." <fbquinn utmb edu>]

Marcel:
Wow! Thanks!
It's fixed!
Your information gave me the clue!
I searched the distribution CD for wu-ftpd, found it,
installed it, and Voila! I now can access the 6.1 
machine from my Slakware clients!
Many, many thanks!  Let's keep in touch!
I've built a physician's outpatient system using Linux and
discarded 486/33's - and the doctors actually use it and like it!
F. B. Quinn, Jr., M.D.,M.S.(ICS),P.E.(Software),I.S.P.E..etc....

-----Original Message-----
From: Marcel van der Goot [mailto:vdgoot earthlink net]
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 8:37 PM
To: redhat-install-list redhat com; Quinn, Francis B.
Subject: Re: FW: "421 Service not available, remote server has closed
connect ion\"



> 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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