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unable to connect to virtual machine through ftp /telnet

hi
I have RHEL 4 installed on VMWare 5.5. where host is windpws XP.
I wish to connect to Linux Virtual machine using ftp and move some files from windows host to linux guest.
the ip of my machine is 192.168.203.11 (lets say)
so whenever at cmd in windows i issue

ftp 192.168.203.11 it says:
unknown error: cannot connect...

i have installed ftp package on linux (for sure)
but if some other settings are required to be done after that ,,i have not done those. So kindly tell what are the required settings...
Also i have configured VMWAre NAT settings and mentioned three ports there...
i.e. 21 (ftp) 22 telnet and 23
n i m not able to connect to the Virtual machine either thru telnet or ftp
..

Have you let down your RHEL 4 firewall for ftp? Try disabling it first and ftp.. if it works, then open up the ftp port in the firewall..

# service iptables stop

then try ftping from Windows...

ASKER

no i have not enabled firewall..
i selected no firewall during installation

Have you start up the ftp service then? Can you ftp from the RHEL to connect to itself? From your RHEL do:

$ ftp localhost

ASKER

it says
connection refused
:(

Go to /etc/xinetd.d/ and find something with ftp (depending on what you installed). edit the file and change the line disabled=yes to no then restart you xinetd by:

# service xinetd restart

Then try to ftp from RHEL again.

ASKER

i can c gssftp and tftp inside the /etc/xinetd.d directory.. which file shd i edit

that's the file.. gssftp... look for the line disabled = yes and change yes to no. Then restart your xinetd as about mentioned

ASKER

also just before reading ur reply i read this command in a pdf n executed

#kill -HUP 'cat /var/run/inetd.pid'
#ftp localhost... Acc to pdf it shd say connected now but for me it still says
connection Refused

pls also tell how to restart the same process

RHEL 4 doesn't use inetd, it uses xinetd. Also you command:
# kill -HUP 'cat /var/run/inetd.pid'
is wrong it should be ` instead of '.

So what you did has no effect on the system. Restart you xinetd service using:

# service xinetd restart

ASKER

ok i did and made changes in gss too..
now
#ftp says
Connected to system
Ftp server ready
using suthentication type GSSAPI
GSSAPI accepted a uthenticaiton type:
Error major:Miscellaneous failure
Error minor: no credentials cache found
GSSAPI error: intialising context authentication failed
KERberos V4 failed
you have no tickets cached

What does your gssftp say. Can you cut and paste it here?

ASKER

i cant copy & paste as it is on vmware but i will type it

service ftp
{
flags=REUSE
socket_type=stream
wait=no
user=root
server=/usr/kerberos/sbin/ftpd
server_Args= -l -a
logon_failure += USERID
disable=no
}

The server_Args says that it needs strong authentication. change the line

server_Args= -l -a

to

server_Args= -l

Then restart your xinetd again using "service xinetd restart" then you should be able to ftp from local

ASKER

I did that...
Same error again..
Connected to system
Ftp server ready
using suthentication type GSSAPI
GSSAPI accepted a uthenticaiton type:
Error major:Miscellaneous failure
Error minor: no credentials cache found
GSSAPI error: intialising context authentication failed
KERberos V4 failed
you have no tickets cached.....
Then it prompts for name
Name(localhost:root): oracle I have user oracle as a member of dba group
Prompts for password: I entered that...
then i goes to halt...and cursor blinks but shows nothing

ASKER

wait slyong....
just now it said.. user oracle logged in
remote system type is unixusing binary mode to transfer the files...
ftp>

that means i m connected...

:) congrats to u too

now i wish to transfer files from windows to linux on vmware using ftp..
i tried to connect to ftp on windows saying

c:\ >ftp 192.168.203.11
it says ftp connect unknown error number.

Could you wait while the cursor blinking. The ftp server will either close the connection or show you something.

you have windows firewall up?

ASKER

no i guess..
could u pls tell how to confirm.

Also,
On linux it seems i m able to conenct to oracle user but after getting a long error list...
any workarounds...

hi aman_greval,

To check windows firewall if it is on, go to Control Panel -> Security Center. Also I am not sure if you install any other firewall like ZoneAlarm, Internet Secure, etc. It is pretty hard to track it down.

The error message is just saying that you are not using Kerberos credentials, it is not really a problem.

You may want to try using ssh/sftp instead of ftp. Go to http://www.ssh.com/support/downloads/secureshellwks/non-commercial.html to download a ssh client for Windows, install it, then use "Quick Connect" login as oracle and give the password.. Then click on the "Windows" menu item and select "New File Transfer". That is more secure then ftp and simpler.

ASKER

i downloaded this n installed this but m not able to find quick connect option..i chkd ssh2_admin but m unable to connect.

I wish to install 10g Applciaiton server on linux. the software files are in windows d:(4 .cpio files wotrth 2GB) i wish to transfer these files to linux. Thats y i m looking for FTP which is not working. Pls tell me any means to transfer these files to linux so that i can install the software there.
FTP was working perfectly when i had vmware version 4.5. i uninstalled that and installed 5.5.1 on it.
I am working on a DELL laptop with 2GB RAM and windows xp OS. installed vmware 5.5.1 on it and RHEL ver 4.0.

Did you download this: http://ftp.ssh.com/pub/ssh/SSHSecureShellClient-3.2.9.exe

There is a "Quick Connect" or you can use the Menu item "File --> Quick Connect"

ASKER

i m trying ip 192.168.203.11
it says unable to connect.
The host may be down or
this may be due to wrong network configuration
sometimes this can happen due to misconfigured firewalls...

RHEL on linux is up n running on vmware...also thru vmware i m able to connect to 192.168.203.11 as well as localhost

Can you ping 192.168.203.11??

ASKER

no request time out.destination host unreachable

Hi Aman,

You have all the setup done properly. You have to check your vmware installation to see what kind of network that you setup and make sure that your windows is not running firewall. My advise is that if you are not familiar with those options, you are better off burning the files into a DVD to transfer them. The network between your XP and Linux doesn't seem to be working.

ASKER

thanks sylong...
but any other workaround you can suggest

I am really not familiar with VMWare, someone might be able to help you out by telling you how to setup VMWare. Or you can read the documentation here http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/ws_net.html. You have to at least get the XP to be able to ping the Linux machine on VMWare.

ASKER

ok thanks slyong...
You have been of great help...

Sorry couldn't help you further.. hope you can get it up and running

ASKER

well i have raised i query on the same to networking experts.. hope to get some resolution there...
u want me to accept the answer and close this?
or
after the host starts pinging VM, i can come baq to u n ask for what next? :-)

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ASKER

hi alyong
i m able to ping through ftp now
problem was with the virtual network settings of vmware
the network shd be bridged instead of NAT

hi aman,

good to hear that.. so could you ftp or ssh now?