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

[Carlo Florendo <list-subscriber at hq dot astra dot ph>]

Hello Brian,

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.
>
>  
You really have a keen eye!  However, the string "SYSTEM" doesn't have 
anything to do with the problem since I just
set the PS1 environment variable to "SYSTEM" since I don't want it 
printing my name.

My PS1 is set to:  PS1="SYSTEM \w\n$ "

And of course, if I change PS1 to the cygwin default (as shown below), 
ftp still won't work.

SYSTEM /
$ export   PS1='\[\033]0;\w\007
> \033[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[33m\w\033[0m\]
> $ '

Carlo@win1 /
$ ftp
ftp: ftp/tcp: unknown service

Thanks!

Best Regards,

Carlo

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Carlo Florendo
Astra Philippines Inc.
www.astra.ph


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