Unable to FTP Transfer files

[panchpan]

Hello.
I am able to connect via FTP within two HP-UX machines. But when I try to put/get files It transfers 0-byte file and comes out saying:

425 Can't build data connection: Connection timed out.
221-You have transferred 0 bytes in 0 files.
221-Total traffic for this session was 476 bytes in 0 transfers.

Thanks for your feedback.
Best Rgds.

[Peter Godron · Accepted solution]

Hi,
if you have a firewall between the machines are all the correct ports open in both directions?

At the ftp prompt type passive

[panchpan]

I typed passive, but still the same error :-(

[Peter Godron]

Hi,
in that case I would suspect the ports.

For example please see:
http://slacksite.com/other/ftp.html
Port 21 is used for the commands, which is ok in your case, but port 20 (for data transfer) is not open. So either the port is disabled or busy. lsof utility may help.

[Derek Whigham_1]

Try using sftp do you get the same issues

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom

telnet/ssh to the server.

tail -f /var/adm/syslog.log

ftp in from outside.

Look for and post error message.

It could be anything from permissions to bad ftp server setup.

I agree also to try sftp with the above tail -f running to see if the issue is systemwide or is limited to ftpd configuration.

SEP

[Rajesh SB]

Hi,

Try to transfer file using rcp, so you can ensure the network packet dropping issue or permission issue.

rcp ruser1@rhost1:path1 ruser2@rhost2:path2

Regards,
Rajesh SB