Re: ftp connection refused

[jimmy mcdonald <jimmy merl com>]

At 07:41 AM 8/1/01 -0700, you wrote:
> I have a customer running Red Hat 6.2 and suddenly ftp requests are giving 
> the message:
>      Connection closed due to remote host.
>
> This has been working - can I restart the ftp services without a reboot? 
> What should I look for?

This mail assumes that you are not running ftp as a daemon.

check and see if inetd is running

do this:

ps -ef | grep inetd

If you don't see a process running (other than your grep)
its not running

if it is not do this:

/etc/rc.d/init.d/inetd start

or if you are running xinetd

do this:

/etc/rc/d/init.d/xinetd start


with the limited info you have provided
this is just a best guess.