Re: ftp permission

Brian,

try running your ftp client inside strace.. like "strace ftp 1.2.3.4"

then check the exact error you're getting ... "A connection can not be established" is a masked error. What you want is something like "Connection timed out" - that would point to a firewall issue , or perhaps "Connection refused" - that would mean the port is closed, and perhaps the ftp service isn't running, or is running on the non-default port (something other than 21)

It'll take a while to figure out what all the stuff strace puts out means, but look for connect() function calls, and check the error message they return.

Stefan

On 9/18/06, Zelli, Brian <Brian.Zelli_at_roswellpark.org> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
> I am trying to ftp some scripts to a linux server and I get an error
> saying:
>
> The FTP server returned this error:
> A connection can not be established
> Please try again.
>
> Is there an admin permission that has to be set up for my userid? Or is
> there some ftp protocol that needs to be run?
> I'm somewhat new to linux......
>
> Brian
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