Re: Funny ftp...

[Scott Justice <nospam [at] ecosse.net>]

Baz....it's totally anti-social....deal with it! (message from marlboro)

For anyone wondering I'm his flatmate thus the sarcasm! :)
----- Original Message -----
From: Barrie Bremner <TheEnglishman [at] ecosse.net>
To: <sheflug [at] listbot.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2000 4:06 PM
Subject: Funny ftp...

> sheflug - http://www.sheflug.co.uk
>
> Hey All.
>
> OK...here`s the problem.
>
> The small (two machine!) flat intranet that we`ve got setup here
> doesn`t seem to like me accessing ftp services on my flatmates machine.
>
> Both systems are running Redhat 6.1, kernel 2.2.14, and have all update
> rpms installed from redhat.com, and *should* be configured identically.
>
> /etc/hosts.allow for both machines read:
>
> ALL: 192.168.0.1
> ALL: 192.168.0.2
>
> Which unsurprisingly should allow both machines full access to each
> other. No. Not this time.
>
> Telnet, finger, NFS, and IP masq works fine. ftp works from 192.168.0.2
> (marlboro) to 192.168.0.1 (arrakis) but not the other way.
>
> I get a ....connected to marlboro.... message, then it waits, and
> waits, and waits (you get the idea), eventually I`ll get a `foreign host
> has refused connection` or the like.
>
> Anyone got any ideas about fixing this problem? It seems only to happen
> after upgrading from the clean distro, to the updated version, but only
> on the one machine (marlboro).
>
> What is wrong?
>
> Cheers, Baz.
>
> ----------
> Barrie J. Bremner
>
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