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

[Björn Gustafsson]

On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
> Richard Bronosky wrote:
>>>> ftp $IP_ADDR
>>>>
>>>> returns:
>>>>
>>>> ftp: connect: No route to host
>
>
> 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???

Sounds like a server configuration problem.   You can try "cd /home"
and then "ls -l" to try to diagnose whether it's a permissions problem
or e.g. a mount problem.

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Björn Gustafsson