how come my installation of suse 8.2 is so f'd up?
none of the stuff that i have found even applys it seems

i cannot rcinetd restart
cause it says "rcinetd" command not found

i cant kill -HUP cause when i ps-x inetd is nowhere on the list

every thing i find in google is some poorly written post from a mesage board that makes no sense

if i type vsftpd it tells me i cant start it as a standalone and it must be started from inetd.

i can restart xinetd but that doesnt do anything to start vsftpd

i even restart linux and its still not starting...

anyone have any advice?

To restart xinetd - try:
/etc/init.d/xinetd restart

If you want to run vsftpd in standalone mode try adding this to vsftpd.conf:

thanks!

now at least
when i do

netstat -a | grep ftp

i actually get that line

tcp 0 0*:ftp *:* LISTEN

at least that much is going right

still cant connect to the ftp though...

Do you have any rules blocking port 21:
iptables -L

nwhen i type that command in

i see

chain INPUT/ OUTPUT/ FORWARD

all say
"(policy ACCEPT)"

target pro opt source destination.


nothing about port 21, i dont think it is blocked.

You don't get any rules in between?

Can you connect from localhost - ie on the server itself:
ftp 127.0.01

What machine are you trying from another on your LAN?

Also check the contents of:
/etc/host.allow
/etc/host.deny

well when i try to do

# ftp 127.0.0.1
it returns, same as when i try to connect from other machines on the lan.

"ftp: connect : connection refused

when i check

vi hosts.allow
every line in the document is commented with the "#" sign

when i check
vi hosts.deny

the one line that is not commented is
http-rman: ALL EXCEPT LOCAL

sounds like it is denying anything outside... the local. but it also denys the localhost too ... hmm. if i comment that out
then restart xinetd...

are those 2 things even related?
how do i restart vsftpd?

hey i can connec to local host 127.0.0.1!!!!
from local host

now i just need to be able to connnect via computer on lan

nope didnt work ....
shiznit

mr ross?

hey i can connec to local host 127.0.0.1!!!!
from local host

now i just need to be able to connnect via computer on lan

nope didnt work ....
shiznit

mr ross?

when i try to connect to the linux with a computer outside

i get this message then nothing

"i control connection succesffully established"

then in the status bar
"connecting to #linuxipaddress# ....

and it appears to just hangg

What program are you using as your client?

Is it another machine on your lan?

yep, another machine on the lan, a windows 2k

i am using ws_ftp

im allowing anonymous login for now.
and just get that hang.

or actually when i even try to connect to 127.0.0.1 from the linux now it hangs

Is ftp still listening:
netstat -nlp | grep ftp