other services ok, ftp not (was 1.5.11 - tcp problems)

[Carlo Florendo]

Brian Dessent wrote:

>Carlo Florendo wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Thank you so much for your comments!    However, updating the relevant
>>directories to have +x, and updating all the relevant files to have +rx
>>still didn't solve the issue.  I've tried to track down the problem via
>>the source code of inetutils-1.3.2-28 and it seems the actual error
>>message is produced by the following code:
>>    
>>
>
>I can't tell from your message but since your prompts contain the
>username 'SYSTEM' I am assuming that you're testing this from a sysbash
>prompt in the context of something that's being run from a service, CGI,
>cronjob, etc... If that's the case then it sounds awfully like the
>problem of SYSTEMROOT being removed from the environment.  Check that
>this variable is set for the process that is trying to run ftp.  There's
>lots of recent threads about it in the archives if you need more
>background.
>
>Brian
>
>  
>
Oh, and by the way, I'm not testing from a sysbash prompt in the context 
of something being run from a service. 
I'm testing the system on an ordinary user account.  My shell is not 
started from a cron job nor a service.  I click my rxvt shortcut, and poof,
use the shell.

Thanks!

Best Regards,

Carlo

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Carlo Florendo
Astra Philippines Inc.
www.astra.ph


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