ftp dir command hangs

ftp dir command hangs

Post by Jeff Haferm » Tue, 09 Mar 1999 04:00:00



I am running Solaris 2.5.1 on a Sparc-2 (though I have also
reproduced this problem on a Sparc-2000 running Solaris 2.5.1).

This is a very intermittent problem, that seems to mostly happen
during high traffic times using the Solaris 2.5.1 machine as
an ftp client:

I ftp to an SGI IRIX server, I can do an 'ls' fine in a couple
of directories that have just a few files, but when I cd to
a directory with lots (> 100 files), commands like
ls, nlist, dir virtually hang (they actually come back empty
after 5-15 minutes).

I have done the ftp from clients that are not running Solaris 2.5.1,
and do not have the problem.

I did a search on dejanews, and saw a "TCP FIN" bug problem
described: Sunsolve Bug ID 4083814, patch number 105529) and I
*think* this is a promising lead, but I'd like to hear
from others who may have experienced the problem I am having with ftp.

Jeff

 
 
 

1. ftp dir command hangs

I am running Solaris 2.5.1 on a Sparc-2 (though I have also
reproduced this problem on a Sparc-2000 running Solaris 2.5.1).

This is a very intermittent problem, that seems to mostly happen
during high traffic times using the Solaris 2.5.1 machine as
an ftp client:

I ftp to an SGI IRIX server, I can do an 'ls' fine in a couple
of directories that have just a few files, but when I cd to
a directory with lots (> 100 files), commands like
ls, nlist, dir virtually hang (they actually come back empty
after 5-15 minutes).

I have done the ftp from clients that are not running Solaris 2.5.1,
and do not have the problem.

I did a search on dejanews, and saw a "TCP FIN" bug problem
described: Sunsolve Bug ID 4083814, patch number 105529) and I
*think* this is a promising lead, but I'd like to hear
from others who may have experienced the problem I am having with ftp.

Jeff

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