Re: FTP with server down

["Peter Dow" <pcdow@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Alan,

If Buck's idea doesn't pan out, how about trying to find what job you're
actually connecting with on the AS/400? Is it possible someone installed a
3rd pary FTP server?

Also curious,
Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 425-0194 voice
909 425-0196 fax


----- Original Message -----
From: "Buck Calabro" <Buck.Calabro@commsoft.net>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 8:45 AM
Subject: RE: FTP with server down


> >Using the command (ENDTCPSVR  SERVER(*FTP)) to
> >ensure that no FTP server was running, I was able to
> >FTP from MS DOS to the AS/400 using my AS/400
> >user profile and password.
>
> On my small V5R1 box I tried to replicate this.  I get:
> C:\WINDOWS95>ftp devsys
> -> ftp: connect :Connection refused
> ftp>
>
> I can't turn the server down on my V4R5 production machine to test there.
> This would be a frightening scenario.  Is it remotely possible that your
> network is translating your down system name to the IP address of a system
> that's up?  I am grasping at straws, obviously.
>   --buck
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