[sles-beta] Beta 3, FTP again

[Joe Doupnik]

     More on the ftp theme. Two items here, referencing SLES 12 beta 3.
     First, for unknown reasons the vsftpd server is unable to connect 
to a caller on port 21. The error response from "telnet localhost 21" is 
"500 OOPS: could not bind listening IPv4 socket. Connection closed by 
foreign host."  The identical message appears when using the Win 7 ftp 
client to that machine. Netstat -nltp shows port 21 listened to xinetd, 
and the vsftpd section of /etc/xinetd.d has vsftpd enabled. The vsftpd 
binary is present as /usr/sbin/vsftpd which xinetd.d/vsftpd states. 
Telnet localhost does connect to the telnet server via xinetd (I enabled 
telnet there). /var/log/messages simply says "EXIT: ftp status=2." I 
find the failure to be strange as this is a very standard and long used 
arrangement.
     Double checking things. I stopped xinetd (rcxinetd stop) and then 
started vsftpd as a daemon (rcvsftpd start). Telnet localhost 21 now 
opens the connection (with no local echo of course) and I can log in etc.
     Second, for general information, I went and built lukemftp (now 
known as tnftp) ftp client from source and it works just fine. I 
substituted it for lftp by editing the yet another indirection symlink 
ftp in /etc/alternatives.
     I was going to give HA components a trial run, with DRBD et al, but 
with communications and many other things being problematic I think that 
should wait for beta 4 or 5.
     Joe D.

On 22/03/2014 17:10, Joe Doupnik wrote:
> A follow up on this message as I again try using lftp. Golly, what a 
> muddle this thing is. It gets worse as one tries to do something with it.
>     At this point my recommendation is restore lukemftp as the main 
> ftp client, put lftp into the also-available category for those who 
> wish to use it. At some time in the future lftp may grow up to be a 
> proper ftp client for people to use, but it is not even close to that 
> today, despite the kitchen sink list of things it tries do.
>     Thanks,
>     Joe D.
>
> On 21/03/2014 14:49, Joe Doupnik wrote:
>> SLES 12 Beta 3. Alas, our recently discussed friend lftp seems to 
>> have taken a holiday from this beta. It is not installed with the 
>> usual patterns. However, a zypper in lftp  brought it in.
>>     Once in, it still needs improvement. First, let's please use name 
>> ftp, not a whimsical thingy. Second, the username prompt is still 
>> absent. Third, it puts up a gibberish string with its prompt; said 
>> gibberish is not useful nor pleasant to see.
>>
>>     Beta 3 installed nicely as an ESXi guest.
>>     Partitioning now works. Yeah. (not using autoyast here)
>>     Lan adapter name change to sane eth0 via YaST works.
>>     Lots of yet to be done areas are apparent, but you probably know 
>> about that(!).
>>     Overall, progress.
>>     Thanks,
>>     Joe D.
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