[CLUE-Tech] enabling ftp

[Lynn Danielson]

rfrank wrote:
> ... I'm stumped on this one.  I've taken Mandrake 7.2 and set it up
> as a firewall/IP masquerader on a dedicated machine with my home ...
> 
> I have the (default) entry in /etc/passwd for ftp, I haven't modified
> /etc/ftpaccess but made sure it's there.  I do have the line
> /sbin/modprobe ip_masq_ftp in my /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall script.
> /etc/inetd.conf looks good to me (as best as I would know).
> But when I try to connect to my dedicated IP address from
> a machine outside my local network, I get:
>   [rfrank at brechin rfrank]$  ftp 24.221.212.160
>   ftp: connect: Connection refused
>   ftp>
> I get similar results with telnet to the same address. ...

Does Mandrake 7.2 use xinetd and the associated /etc/xinetd.conf file?
Grep your processes to see if inetd or xinetd is running.

Lynn