Error with vsftpd

[Alberto Tlapa Tepox]

Hi, i'm opening a session using vsftpd -from redhat ES 3 update 3- to a system HP-UX by default the mode is ascii how ever with large files the trasfer never pass complete.
pls give tracks

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom Alberto,

There is no way to give complete help, based on your post.

Several possible things for you to look at:

1) HP-UX filesystem setup. The default HP-UX fs setup limits file size to 2 GB. The system may need its fs converted with fsadm or reformatted with newfs

2) Look at the vsftp.conf file and see the default settings. HP-UX by default uses wu-ftpd and that defaults to binary. As does vsftpd.

3)The Windows ftp client however defaults to ascii and needs to have the bin command used before initiating the file transfer.

4) Tranfers in which vsftpd is the server are logged to /var/log/messages. See the log and post any information you need help understanding.

SEP

[Al Licause]

You could try running tcpdump and filter for port 20 with the two hosts involved. Check to see if the sessions with a normal or abnormal termination.

You may need to dump a small file to see what a successful completion looks like.

[Ivan Ferreira]

- As descibed before, HP-UX can create by default only 2 GB files, ensure that you can create files larger than 2 GB locally on the HP-UX system. You may need to enable large files for the file system.

- Ensure that you are not running out of space on the files system where the file is transferred.

- Some ftp clients cannot transfer files larger than 2 GB. So, maybe the problem is not with the vsftpd server, but with the client.

[Alberto Tlapa Tepox]

HI, ok i understand the issue of the large file however with redhat 7.2 there are no problems with the session and the files came back complete.

It´s only with a session from HP-UX 11.23 to a redhat ES 3 update 3, the files never gona complete.

May be patches i suppose?? i don´t know !!