Re: Indeterminate FTP state

[eyang@xxxxxxxxx (Eric Yang)]

On Thursday, July 17, 2003, at 04:00 PM, cy wrote:

> However, the alert came back as soon as I reinstalled iTools.

This is because iTools FTP can not be recognized by Apple Server 
Setting program.
Therefore, it's normal.

> Could you please describe how to change the /etc/hosts file regarding the
> hostname resolution.  I don't intend to run the DNS server portion of
> iTools, though if I have to to solve this, I suppose I will.

In the Terminal, type:

hostname

This will give you a string.  i.e. fred.example.com

Edit /etc/hosts with a text editor, like

sudo pico /etc/hosts

Look for entry:

127.0.0.1		localhost

Append fred.example.com to localhost with a space between them.
Save the file, and FTP should work.  You can execute:

sudo /Library/Tenon/System/Scripts/FTPSERVER restart

to see if there are any error message.

> Also, I installed Post.Office but then changed my mind about running both my
> mail services and web services on the same machine, so I uninstalled, but
> the iTools Manager still tells me to use the web interface to administer
> Post.Office when I click on the Mail icon.

How did you remove Post.Office?  Did you remove it with the installer.sh?
If not, you need to remove /Library/Receipts/Post-Office.pkg, then 
iTools Manager will not complain about the Mail server.  Hope this 
helps.

regards,
Eric

> Thanks,
> -Cy
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > The Apple Server Setting panel should not be used in conjuction with
> > iTools because Apple Server Setting will attempt to start up their own
> > FTP server which will cause a conflict on your system.
> >
> > You might want to check /etc/xinetd.d.  There is probably a file called
> > ftp.darwin, and rename it to ftp.  This should allow you to enable
> > Apple's FTP server in Apple Server Setting.
> >
> > For iTools 7's FTP doesn't work on your system.  This could be an
> > unresolved hostname which prevent iTools 7 to start.  You would need to
> > configure DNS or put your hostname in /etc/hosts file to make your
> > hostname resove so iTools FTP would start.  Hope this helps.
> >
> > regards,
> > Eric
> >
> > On Thursday, July 17, 2003, at 11:48 AM, cy wrote:
> >
> > > Xserve dual 1.33, OS X Server 10.2.6, iTools 7.0.1
> > >
> > > (Attempting to install and configure on new machine in order to migrate
> > > currently running 6.5 iTools)
> > >
> > > In the Apple Server Settings panel, there's a yellow alert message
> > > attached
> > > to FTP services telling me I have an "Indeterminate FTP state!" that
> > > only
> > > goes away if I manually start/stop FTP services within that panel.
> > >
> > > Restarting FTP server within the iTools Manager or web admin interface
> > > doesn't work, and obviously this isn't going to work if that has to be
> > > manually started/restarted.
> > >
> > > I've now uninstalled iTools in order to try and isolate the problem,
> > > but
> > > it's still there...
> > >
> > > Anyone have any ideas?
> > >
> > > -Cy
> > >
> > > --
>
>
> --
>
> Cynthia C. Barlow
>    Digital Arts Network Services
>    The University of Arizona, College of Fine Arts
>    ccb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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