Subject: ls -l doesn't work

From: Harlan Harris <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 15:43:36 -0500

I'm having troubles getting "ls -l" to work on our new ftp site. Here's an 
example as anonymous:

ftp> ls
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list.
bin
etc
welcome.msg
pub
226 Transfer complete.
ftp> ls -l
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
226 Transfer complete.

I have a copy of /bin/ls (mode 111) in ~ftp/bin (mode 555).

Both "ls" and "ls -l" work fine when I ftp in as myself. 

Is this a common problem? I've tried all sorts of variations on things without 
success...

Thanks,

 -Harlan

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From: Michael Brennen <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 17:12:43 -0500 (CDT)

Are you trying to ftp through a filtering packet router or firewall?

Michael Brennen

On Tue, 3 Oct 1995, Jason Boerner wrote:

> Has anyone been able to get this combination to work?  Everytime that I 
> have the Browser connect up to wu-ftpd and start a transfer, I recieve 
> back the message:
> Fatal Error: FTP-server replies: Entering Passive Mode
> and everything stops.

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From: Jason Boerner <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 16:28:41 -0900 (PDT)

The FTP server and the WWW server on the same machine.  The document that 
makes reference to the ftp location is local.  The subdirectories that 
the http page is calling are read only and under the ftp directory.  

Using the Solaris FTPD everything works.

Any ideas?

Thanks...

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From: Jason Boerner <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 15:27:21 -0900 (PDT)

How do I fix this?

Thanks

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From: Jason Boerner <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 15:24:28 -0900 (PDT)

You also need a copy of your /etc/passwd & /etc/group in your ~ftp/etc 
directory.  Do NOT use your REAL passwd & group files.  Take out all of 
the lines except for the one for ftp and remove the password field for 
that line.

I suspect that will solve your problem.

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From: Luc Desrosiers <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 1995 17:15:06 -0400

> Both "ls" and "ls -l" work fine when I ftp in as myself. 

you have missing dynamic library in ~ftp.
 
> Is this a common problem? 

very common indeed.

Luc Desrosiers
CIRISQ, CRIM