FTP service is disabled

[Donald Schleicher]

Hello again..

I went through the tcpip$config and started and enabled the ftp server and the ftp client, along with telnet. After starting tcpip, the ftp server worked somewhat for awhile and I was able to ftp files from my desktop to the server.

Now the ftp server is disabled. I looked in the operator log file and saw that the service had started and then been disabled after a NOLISTEN service was disabled.

The message is :

INTERnet ACP Error during process startup, Nolisten Service Disabled - FTP Ser
ver

I can't find a reference for the NOLISTEN service to determine why it was disabled.

Can someone please give me a clue?

thanks,
don

[John Gillings]

don,

"nolisten" is a service state - it means the service isn't listening for connection requests. The real issue is "Error during process startup".

There are many possible reasons. See if you can find a log file. Try:

$ TCPIP SHOW SERVICE FTP/FULL

for clues where to look. Use:

$ TCPIP ENABLE SERVICE FTP

to see if you can enable it manually (or maybe reproduce the error).

If that fails, a bigger hammer is:

$ DIRECTORY SYS$SYSDEVICE:[000000]*.LOG /MODIFIED/SINCE=TODAY

[Willem Grooters]

In additionL: Accounting often is a good place to look if something dies unexpectedly. I don't know if TCPIP servers log here as well, you may have to turn on image accounting (temporarely) to get the information.

Willem

[labadie_1]

Hello

Although outdated, the following article is good

[UCX-VMS] FTP Troubleshooting Steps
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/asktima/communications/009954C2-2C5E74C7-1C007A.html

Check the files in sys$sysdevice:
and sys$sysdevice:<000000>tcpip$ftp.dir

have the same UIC and protection mask as the user tcpip$ftp

mc authorize sh tcpip$ftp, dir/sec of the files

Good hunt