Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 11:24:28PM +0100, Carsten Friede wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've tried to put up a ftp server on my NetBSD-Box. The server is running from
> > inetd within. Connecting from the ftp server itself works, but if try to connect
> > from remote, it fails with a timeout.
> > I've added the following line to /etc/inetd.conf:
> >
> >       ftp     stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/pkg/libexec/vsftp  vsftpd
> >
> > A portscan also show port 21 as open. So, I'm confused about this thing.
> > Does somebody know where's the problem?
> 
> Maybe use tcpdump and/or ngrep to see what's happening on the wire.
> Also maybe you have a DNS problem ? Try running inetd without -l

I found out that there was something wrong with the default route of my client
computer. I had it connected to another network and the therefore necessary
entry was still in the configuration file. 
Okay, thanks a lot for your help.

Cheers

Carsten

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