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List:       wuftpd-questions
Subject:    Re: Error code out of the blue?
From:       "Travis M. Fillmen" <travis () shadowglen ! com>
Date:       2001-08-31 3:35:41
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Really strange event occured -- I happened to change one item -- the # of
failed login
attempts, to a higher setting... poof, the dang thing worked again.  Now I
REALLY am
perplexed.  Perhaps the server shuts down or locks if it detects a hack
attempt?  I would
imagine someone tried logging in via FTP, my max failed attempts is set to
3, and they
got booted, and it locked it down.  Upon trying to recreate this event, I
could not achieve
the same results.  I'm just happy that it works again...yet...longing to
figure out what went
on...

Travis

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Luckin" <bob@ti.com>
To: "Travis M. Fillmen" <travis@shadowglen.com>
Cc: <wuftpd-questions@wu-ftpd.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 10:17 PM
Subject: Re: Error code out of the blue?


> My guess is that you somehow created a shutdown file, either manually or
> by running ftpshut.  If this is the case, the server will remain down
until
> this file is deleted.  Once you get rid of it, everything should work
again.
>
> See the ftpshut man page included with your distribution for more details.
>
> Cheers, Bob
>
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 09:29:05PM -0400, Travis M. Fillmen wrote:
> > Earlier today, around 2pm, and for days before then, I've been working
> > with my server, uploading countless times via FTP.  After getting it all
> > working properly (thanks for the assistance!), I just got this message
> > starting to pop up, every time I attempt to log in.  It even happens
when
> > I am at the console and try to log into localhost!
> >
> > ftp> open localhost
> > Connected to localhost.
> > 500 my.domain.com FTP server shut down -- please try again later.
> > ftp>
> >
> > Any clue as to what's going on here?  Why it would just suddenly start
> > doing this?  I've rebooted, and it doesnt fix it.  I've changed the port
to
> > an unused port, still, no dice, same error code.  I've not been in this
> > system period, other than to upload via FTP, and I was at the console
> > to try ftp'ng to localhost.  Since then, no activity period.  Help!
> >
> > Travis
> >
> >
> > ...NOTE : HTML SECTION HAS BEEN FILTERED OUT AT THIS LOCATION...
> --
> Bob Luckin      bob@ti.com      "Coder, adapt; FTP Ada, redo C"
>

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