Re: [cobalt-users] Weird FTP access

[Rickard Osser <ricky@xxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Scott Beale wrote:

> 
> I'm having some problems with FTP access to my Raq3.
> 
> Whey users FTP to their site it takes an extremely long time to connect (2-3
> minutes). It hangs on USER and PASS.
> 
The delay usually is DNS reverse-lookup...
Do you have your users machines set up in DNS? And also in the reverse
database?

Best regards,

Rickard Osser
Manager
Osser Brosoft AB		Distributor of Cobalt Networks servers
Maria Bangata 6			Computer Consultants
S-118 63 Stockholm, Sweden	Networking, DOS/Win/Mac/Linux/Unix
Tel: +46-8-798 29 27		E-mail: ricky@xxxxxxxx
Fax: +46-8-668 89 10		WWW: http://www.brosoft.net


> Then, once it makes it in, they can't get to their files either by setting
> an initial path or by trying to change directories. They end up in a web
> directory with the standard Cobalt place holder file and nothing else. If
> they go up one level there are no other folders (users, logs or certs).
> Basically Raq black hole.
> 
> There also seems to be a delay when accessing control panels, again on the
> processing of the username and password.
> 
> Does anyone have any idea what might be going on here or how to fix it? This
> just started happening yesterday evening and is quite frustrating.
> 
> Thanks,
> Scott
> 
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