[BlueOnyx:03695] Re: ftp service status issue

[Bret Hughes]

webmaster wrote:
> Had this problem a while back on my 550.
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> Turned out to be DNS issues.
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>> I have a BX server that shows the ftp service is not running from 
>> the status page of the UI.  Investigation shows that proftpd is run 
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> >from xinetd and while it seems to take a while to respond it does 
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>> allow me to connect.  The client has just made some firewall changes 
>> and is convinced that the reason they cannot connect from the 
>> internal network is because ftp is not running.
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>> Any ideas why the status shows that ftp is not running and what I 
>> can do to fix it?
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>> Thanks,
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>> Bret
Yep.  Outgoing DNS queries blocked by over-zealous router dude. 

Turns out you can render a site dog ass slow by blocking outgoing http 
traffic if they are importing news and or weather too :)

Thanks for the help.

Bret



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