RE: [cobalt-users] Mac users can't FTP: Claranet?

["Greg O'Lone" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Liam 
> Delahunty
> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 6:28 PM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Mac users can't FTP: Claranet?
> 
> 
> Thanks for all the replies, the problem was a new issue with Mac users
> having a sudden problem connecting to my server for FTP who 
> had previously
> been able to FTP quite happily. (Despite nothing new having changed at
> either their end or on the server.)
> 
> Anyway, with a little suggestion from Scott McPeak at safetp 
> (which has been
> happily installed and in use since I got the RAQ in 2001!) I 
> removed the -9
> flag from the sftpd command in the /etc/inetd.conf so it would accept
> unsecure connections.
> 
> As I had set the server up to accept unsecure connections on 
> the default
> port (21), and secure only on port 351, I've no idea why this became
> neccessary (as I've said everything worked for Mac users 
> until a few days
> ago), but now Mac users can connect using FTP once more. Yipee!
> 
> BTW, thanks for your thoughts on Mac FTP programmes, I will pass the
> infomraiton on to my Mac users - first time I've had any 
> decent advice for
> them!
> 
> Kind regards,
> Liam
> 
> 
Liam,

Strangely enough, the problem MAY be on the Mac side. Apple released OS
10.2.8 last week and quickly pulled it due to some "ethernet" problems. See:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107669

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Greg O'Lone, President
Stretched Out Software, Inc
http://www.stretchedout.com