FTP Problem

[mediation]

Dears,

When I try to ftp some files between two UNIX machines the session hanged as per below

ftp>
ftp> cd /test
---> CWD /test
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> hash
Hash mark printing on (8192 bytes/hash mark).
ftp> get test1.txt
---> PORT 10,253,2,26,128,65
200 PORT command successful.
---> RETR test1.txt
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for test1.txt (31024 bytes).
^C
426 Transfer aborted. Data connection closed.
226 Abort successful
ftp>
ftp>


the session hanged and I had to interrupt it although I can execute (ls,cd,.. and other commands)

also be informed that I had tried to ftp some other files with different sizes and different privileges ..
and no file has been transferred ..

so please help me if u can ,,

Thanks in advance for your kind reply.

 

[ProbablyDown]

Do you have all relevant ports open? I think FTP uses ports 18-21 or something...

 

[sbrews]

ftp uses ports 20 and port 21. Check your /etc/services file. You should have some entries that look similar to this (on both systems):

ftp-data 20/tcp # File Transfer [Default Data]
ftp-data 20/udp # File Transfer [Default Data]
ftp 21/tcp # File Transfer [Control]
ftp 21/udp # File Transfer [Control]

If they are commented out, un-comment them and try again.