[ale] ftp - no route to host???

[Geoffrey]

Björn Gustafsson wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
>> Richard Bronosky wrote:
>>>>> ftp $IP_ADDR
>>>>>
>>>>> returns:
>>>>>
>>>>> ftp: connect: No route to host
>>
>> Interesting thing now,  if I do:
>>
>> ftp $IP_ADDR 21
>>
>> prompts for password, I enter it, I then get:
>>
>> OOPS: cannot change directory:/home/student
>>
>> I'm logging in as that id, what gives???
> 
> Sounds like a server configuration problem.   You can try "cd /home"
> and then "ls -l" to try to diagnose whether it's a permissions problem
> or e.g. a mount problem.


figured this one out, finally. Our good friend selinux was hosing up the 
ftp access.  Fixed now. :)


-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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