ftp error

[Renante M. Yu_1]

After converting our machine to trusted system, i encountered some error while trying to ftp to other other server. Heres the error msg:
ftp: ftp/tcp: unknown service
But the line of ftp service in the /etc/service & /etc/inetd.conf file is not commented out.
Please help.

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi,

Did you try it with root's account?

Look at your /etc/services file. You should have a line for ftp. Also look at the permissions of /etc/services. Others should have read permissions.

-Sri

[yogesh_4]

Hi ,

If Ftp line is not commented then comment it out /etc/inetd.conf . then give #inetd -c . Again open /etc/inetd.conf , uncomment the Ftp line and then once agin give #inetd -c . Check whether Ftpd is running or not. Also check /var/adm/inetd.sec file for any deny policy.

[Denver Osborn]

I would really suspect that there is an issue with the /etc/services file. TO rule this out you have a few ways to test.

1) vi /etc/services and comment out the ftp entry then open a new line, add ftp service entry.

ftp 21/tcp

2) move /etc/services aside and use default config.

mv /etc/services /etc/services.orig
cp /usr/newconfig/etc/services /etc/services

Hope this helps!
-denver

[Jim Mallett]

Have you made any changes to your nsswitch.conf file? I've seen that error with the nsswitch.conf in an NIS environment. If NIS wasn't available, it wasn't continuing to "files".

And, as mentioned above...check permissions.

Jim

[Fragon]

Just another idea:
from your question I found "i encountered some error while trying to ftp to other other server.",do you mean error only occured when ftp to other server? Or other W.S. ftp to this server?
Please check the "other" server's ftp service also!

-ux

[Caesar_3]

Hello!

Try connect with root if it's work and with
other user no then check the permission of
/etc/services chould be (r--r--r--) for
all users read option.

Caesar