FTP on VMS 8.2-1 hanging

[Matt Hocker]

We have an Itanium running OpenVMS 8.2-1 with a FTP problem.

The machine is brand-new, delivered with 8.2 and upgraded to 8.2-1.

If I start the service, then "ftp localhost", it works fine. However, if I log out then try again it takes almost 15 minutes before I see the login. This occurs each further time I attempt to log in, until I restart the FTP service.

What could be causing this?

Thanks!

[Volker Halle]

Matt,

welcome to the OpenVMS ITRC forum.

If you don't log out after the first working "ftp localhost", would the second "ftp localhost" attempt in the same login session hang as well ? Trying to determine, if it's a local process or FTP server related problem. Does "FTP local-ip-node-name" or "FTP local-ip-address" show the same symptoms ? Do you have set up the TCPIP name resolution to a working DNS server ( $ TCPIP SHOW NAME ) ?

There is a TCPIP V5.5 ECO 1 kit available, did you install it ?

Volker.

[labadie_1]

To see what happens, do
$ define tcpip$bind_res_options "debug"
$ ftp...

and post what it displays.

I think that it is, as Volker said, a Dns resolution problem.

[Volker Halle]

Gerard,

$ FTP localhost or FTP local-ip-name does not display any additional information, if TCPIP$BIND_RES_OPTIONS "debug" is defined, only if the IP name cannot be resolved in the local host database, then you'll see the DNS name resolution dialog...

Volker.