On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 09:13, Crispin Wellington wrote: > On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 22:05, shyamk wrote: > > > > How do you start an FTP server program ? > > This might be a silly question , but it is > > something for which I have no answer. > > > > In our server , we faced a two-fold problem : > > > > o One that we could not log-in as any user.This I solved > > by entering single-user mode (on rebooting after we knew > > something was wrong). > > o The second thing is we can not ftp onto our server ! > > This has to mean that the FTP server program , was : > > - either corrupted > > - or not installed > > - or mysteriously un-installed > > > > We settled for the first reason , because > > /usr/sbin/in.ftpd > > existed. > > > > Now I tried /usr/sbin/in.ftpd -S which is supposed to make the > > daemon run.But when I did a > > ps -A|less or ps -A|grep in.ftpd > > > > I did not find any semblance to ftp among the processes > > displayed. > > > > Please help me out. My problem is extermely urgent. >
I don't have any specific answers, but if you have ssh installed on the server, I would suggest not using ftp, and instead use the sftp feature of the ssh client. This may not be practical in your case, but it's worth mentioning. Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
