topic Re: ftp: connect: Connection refused in Operating System - HP-UX

ftp: connect: Connection refused

Khashru — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:21:21 GMT

hi i got a new hpux box with 11.31. when i am trying to ftp it is saying ftp: connect: Connection refused.

What is the workaround

Re: ftp: connect: Connection refused

James R. Ferguson — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:01:31 GMT

Hi:

Make sure to uncomment the 'ftp' entry in '/etc/inetd.conf'. Then do:

# inetd -c

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: ftp: connect: Connection refused

Khashru — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:43:48 GMT

it is there.
ftp stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/lbin/ftpd ftpd -l

Sone was telliong by defauly hpux 11.31 does not have ftp istalled.

Re: ftp: connect: Connection refused

Steven Schweda — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:36:09 GMT

"Connection refused" normally means that you
can talk to the target system, but that
there's no FTP server running (or configured)
there.

Please show actual commands with actual
output.

grep '^ftp' /etc/inetd.conf

netstat -an | grep '*.21 '

ls -l /usr/lbin/ftpd

Around here:

dyi # grep '^ftp' /etc/inetd.conf
ftp stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/lbin/ftpd ftpd -l

The FTP server is configured.

dyi # netstat -an | grep '*.21 '
tcp 0 0 *.21 *.* LISTEN

It's listening for connections.

dyi # ls -l /usr/lbin/ftpd
-r-xr--r-- 1 bin bin 649448 Jan 12 2007 /usr/lbin/ftpd

The FTP server program exists.

> [...] when i am trying to ftp [...]

How? From where?

ftp localhost

Is there anything interesting in
"/var/adm/syslog/syslog.log"?

> # inetd -c

You did that?

Re: ftp: connect: Connection refused

Khashru — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:43:04 GMT

twra5000:/home/mayub :netstat -an | grep '*.21 '
tcp 0 0 *.21 *.* LISTEN
twra5000:/home/mayub :ls -l /usr/lbin/ftpd
/usr/lbin/ftpd not found
twra5000:/home/mayub :

It is saying ftpd not found.

Re: ftp: connect: Connection refused

Steven Schweda — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:51:54 GMT

> /usr/lbin/ftpd not found

That would explain the problem.

I don't know if it was never installed, or if
it has been removed, but it's not there, and
that is what inetd expects to run for an
incoming FTP connection.

It's been a while since I installed the OS on
my system, so I remember nothing, but I
clearly have this program where it's
expected.

dyi # uname -a
HP-UX dyi B.11.31 U ia64 4235313755 unlimited-user license

Re: ftp: connect: Connection refused

Jeeshan — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:16:27 GMT

Hi Khashru vai

please use tcp instead of tcp6 in /etc/inetd.conf file. then restart the daemon.

Re: ftp: connect: Connection refused

Khashru — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:29:32 GMT

i tried with tcp instead of tcp6. same result. Some one told me that ftp is not istalled automatically in 11.31. Do have to manually install it?

Ahsan please send me you mail address.

Re: ftp: connect: Connection refused

Steven Schweda — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:31:30 GMT

> please use tcp instead of tcp6 in
> /etc/inetd.conf file. then restart the
> daemon.

Do you think that this will (magically)
replace the missing file, "/usr/lbin/ftpd"?

Or do you think that that file is not needed?

Re: ftp: connect: Connection refused

Suraj K Sankari — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:36:19 GMT

Hi,
What is the error message you are getting if you do $ftp localhost

did you check your /etc/inetd.conf

$grep '^ftp' /etc/inetd.conf
ftp stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/lbin/ftpd ftpd -a -l

Do you have /var/adm/inetd.sec
if yes then what is the entry regarding ftp

are you getting ftp prompt ?

Suraj

Re: ftp: connect: Connection refused

Khashru — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:40:53 GMT

# ftp localhost
Connected to localhost.towerlife.com.au.
421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection
ftp>

Re: ftp: connect: Connection refused

Suraj K Sankari — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:52:25 GMT

Hi,

please give the output of
grep ftp /etc/inetd.conf
and
grep ftp /var/adm/inetd.sec

Suraj

Re: ftp: connect: Connection refused

Khashru — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:55:26 GMT

# grep ftp /etc/inetd.conf
ftp stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/lbin/ftpd ftpd -l
# Before uncommenting the "tftp" entry below, please make sure
# that you have a "tftp" user in /etc/passwd. If you don't
# have one, please consult the tftpd(1M) manual entry for
tftp dgram udp wait root /usr/lbin/tftpd tftpd\
# grep ftp /var/adm/inetd.sec
grep: can't open /var/adm/inetd.sec

Re: ftp: connect: Connection refused

Jeeshan — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:06:58 GMT

ahsanulj@gmail.com

Re: ftp: connect: Connection refused

Steven Schweda — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:16:46 GMT

> Sone was telliong by defauly hpux 11.31
> does not have ftp istalled.

If you spend enough time here, someone will
probably tell you almost anything.

> /usr/lbin/ftpd not found

If you decide that that's important:

http://docs.hp.com/en/5991-6460/apcs02.html
http://docs.hp.com/en/5992-4165/apds02.html

Everything I have found suggests that
HP FTP Server HPUX-FTPServer
is "installed or updated by default". You
seem to be missing some or all of it.

> [...] i got a new hpux box with 11.31 [...]

Who installed the OS? Perhaps _you_ should
do it.

Re: ftp: connect: Connection refused

Jeeshan — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:30:20 GMT

Khashru vai

you can check this doc

http://docs.hp.com/en/5992-4607/ch05s02.html

Re: ftp: connect: Connection refused

Suraj K Sankari — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:32:16 GMT

Hi,

Edit this line
ftp stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/lbin/ftpd ftpd -l
into
ftp stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/lbin/ftpd ftpd -a -l

then restart the net
inet -c

Suraj

Re: ftp: connect: Connection refused

Suraj K Sankari — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:38:14 GMT

Hi,

Edit this line in /etc/inetd.conf
ftp stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/lbin/ftpd ftpd -l
into
ftp stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/lbin/ftpd ftpd -a -l

then restart the net
inetd -c

Then try ftp again

Suraj

Re: ftp: connect: Connection refused

Dennis Handly — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:06:55 GMT

>Steven: Everything I have found suggests that HPUX-FTPServer

Yes, this product contains ftpd:
HPUX-FTPServer.FTP.FTP-RUN: /usr/lbin/ftpd

For 11.23 it was:
InternetSrvcs.INETSVCS2-RUN: /usr/lbin/ftpd

Re: ftp: connect: Connection refused

Steven Schweda — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:05:49 GMT

> Edit this line in /etc/inetd.conf

> you can check this doc

Let's take a survey. How many people think
that this really doesn't matter:

/usr/lbin/ftpd not found

and that tweaking some configuration file
will actually help?

Buy a clue somewhere.

(Of course, I'd also expect some informative
complaints to appear in the system log file,
and we haven't been shown anything from
there.)