Re: Can't ftp to ftp.debian.org
G. Dale Miller wrote:
>
> When I try to connect to ftp.debian.org I get the following messages.
> bash-2.01$ ftp ftp.debian.org
> Connected to santanni.cc.gatech.edu.
> 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection
> ftp>
>
> I know there was a problem with spam on the lists recently.
> Are these sites blocking connection attempts that come from
> locations with a numeric IP address now. When I connect to other
> sites it shows me connecting as my static IP address.
>
> I can ftp to all other places I have tried but cannot connect to
> ftp.debian.org or master.debian.org.
>
> I installed the ipmasq package arounf the time I started having these
> problems
> but completly purged this package thinking that it was my problem. The
> only
> other difference might be that I installed xinetd around the same time.
You might have the same problem another poster had. Edit the
/etc/init.d/xinetd file and change rpc.portmap to portmap and restart
xinetd. I noticed I couldn't ftp when xinetd isn't running also. I was
too lazy to look into exactly which service in xinetd was causing it.
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