[ale] ftp - no route to host???

[Geoffrey]

Jerald Sheets wrote:
> ooo...  are you in a chrooted environment, but haven't made the
> allowances for individual user directories in the chroot config?

no chroot.  Trying to connect from a host machine to a vm running under 
vmplayer.

> 
> --j
> 
> 
> On Jul 27, 2010, at 7:53 AM, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
>> Richard Bronosky wrote:
>>>>> ftp $IP_ADDR
>>>>> 
>>>>> returns:
>>>>> 
>>>>> ftp: connect: No route to host
>>> If the error was connection refuse, or connection reset, I'd say
>>> it was either a firewall on the box or by his ISP. But, "No
>>> route" means his client does not know that it has a network
>>> interface capable of routing traffic to the given host (which in
>>> this case is specified by an IP address). Although he is able to
>>> reach it via SSH and UDP ping. That's jacked up.
>>> 
>>> Maybe try: echo $IP_ADDR # make sure you have the right var/value
>>>  host $IP_ADDR # seeing if you can do a [reverse] lookup on the
>>> var/value telnet $IP_ADDR 22 # standard ssh port number telnet
>>> $IP_ADDR 21 # standard ftp port number
>>> 
>>> If you get "No route to host" from one of those telnets and not
>>> the other... evil is afoot.
>> Interesting thing now,  if I do:
>> 
>> ftp $IP_ADDR 21
>> 
>> prompts for password, I enter it, I then get:
>> 
>> OOPS: cannot change directory:/home/student
>> 
>> I'm logging in as that id, what gives???
>> 
>> 
>> -- Until later, Geoffrey
>> 
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>> government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense
>> of taking care of them." - Thomas Jefferson 
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-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson