> > 
> > When I type "ftp localhost" I get this:
> > 
> > fredfl2: /home/fredfl2 # ftp localhost
> > ftp: connect: Can't assign requested address
> > ftp> 
> > 
> > The howto says I should get a ftp login screen instead. ( which does sound more
> > reasonable to me).  What have I messed up on my system this time?  Why might
> > I be getting this error message instead of the login screen.
> 
> what does /etc/hosts look like?  have you changed the line that says:
> 
> 127.0.0.1	localhost
> 
> ??

  Yes I did.  For some reason I changed that line to:

127.0.0.1  	localhost	fredfl2

I'm not sure why I did that.  But I took out the fredfl2 and the ftp
login worked as it should.  :)


	Thanks,

		Guy

> 
> -colin
> 
> 

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Guy Santiglia  Quadra 610, 50 MHZ, NetBSD 1.4!
South Korea
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