ftp connection terminated abnormally

[Preet Dhillon]

My foreign users are using the AbsoluteFTP client to ftp to my K460 HP server. They get an error message saying "Connection Terminated Abnormally".

The syslog file reports the following entries :

connection from 192.168.7.100 at Tue Jun 5 04:43:23 2001
FTP LOGIN FROM 192.168.7.100, robij
User robij timed out after 900 seconds
User robij logged out

I notice there is no PORT process reported in the syslog file when this user attempts ftp.
Does anyone know why this is happening ?
Many thanks in advance :-)

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

The ftpd will disconnect a session if there is no input after a certain timeout.

On the client side using cuteftp I have noticed a timeout setting that ensures that effectively a null command will be send to ensure that the session doesn't timeout.

I've never notices on internet explorer however using the url
ftp://username:ftp.site.com/
so it must be done automatically.

If you have a look at the ftp man (ftpd) you'll find out how to change the server side timeout.

Later,
Bill

[Magdi KAMAL]

Hi,

This normal, the system will close the ftp session after 900 seconds ( 15 minutes ).

It's a timeout disconnexion.

Magdi

[Magdi KAMAL]

Hi again,

Oops, I mean after 900 seconds of INACTIVITY of course.

Magdi

[Aaron Caine]

Preet,

In your inetd.conf file, you can modify this 15 minute timeout by using the -t flag.

Read the man page on ftpd for more information.

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-t timeout Causes ftpd to timeout inactive sessions after
timeout seconds. By default, ftpd terminates an
inactive session after 15 minutes.

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