Re: Solaris FTPd question.

On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:36:16 -0700 (PDT), Keith wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Sep 2011, Dan Ritter wrote:
>
> |->Also, from the wuftpd faq:
> |->
> |->    14. Normal ftp clients work, Netscape ftp's fail. So,
> |->passive
> |->            mode doesn't work.
> |->
> |->            Apparantly ftpd needs write permission on ~ftp/dev/tcp 
> in
> |->            order to operate correctly in passive mode (Solaris). 
> Set it
> |->            to the same mode as permissions shown by ls -lL 
> /dev/tcp,
> |->            being 666. Also read the Solaris man page for ftpd for
> |->            Solaris-specific information. Changed from previous 
> versions
> |->            Fix:
> |->cd ~ftp/dev
> |->chmod 666 tcp
>
> I saw that part of the FAQ. There is no ~ftp/dev structure on the box

Could it be that the reference above isn't to ~ftp/dev , but rather to 
/dev/tcp ?

> otherwise I would have done that. I did not set the machine up I have
> only been asked to help troubleshoot this issue.
>
> I even have dragged out an old 5.7 Solaris machine as a test box. 
> Stock
> in.ftpd that comes with 5.7 works in passive mode just fine. I have 
> asked
> why they installed wu-ftpd instead of just using the stock version.
> I have asked to see if I can modify inetd.conf to use in.ftpd that 
> comes
> with this machine instead of wu-ftpd.
>
> Thanks for the reply.
> Regards,
> Keith

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