BASH question

[Fireye]

i have no fucking clue what's going on with it. according to the accounts support people, they're not getting this thing either. and i'm not on ubuntu. it's a remote unix machine...but that shouldn't make a difference.

"remote unix machine" really isn't specific enough. What flavor of Unix, Linux, or BSD is it running? What version of bash is it running (try bash --version).

You can use uname -a to find out what kernel it's running, and if it has lsb_release, you can try that too (lsb_release -a).

[acolyte_to_jippity]

bash --version

GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (sparc-sun-solaris2.9)
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

uname -a

SunOS dunx1 5.9 Generic_118558-38 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire

edit: i might have just fixed it. i needed a semicolon after the PS1= line in my .bash_profile

[Fireye]

Oh, you're running on Solaris? Good luck, have fun, I'll waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay over here!

[acolyte_to_jippity]

Oh, you're running on Solaris? Good luck, have fun, I'll waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay over here!

well, like i said. i fixed the prompt thing.

but now i think i broke the other machine...

tux no longer lets me onto the ftp server...FUCK

[Fireye]

well, like i said. i fixed the prompt thing.

but now i think i broke the other machine...

tux no longer lets me onto the ftp server...FUCK

Are you able to get to the banner or user/pass prompt on it? If not, check netstat -ant (not sure how that translates to solaris) and see if anything is listening on port21.

[acolyte_to_jippity]

Are you able to get to the banner or user/pass prompt on it? If not, check netstat -ant (not sure how that translates to solaris) and see if anything is listening on port21.

well, the other machine's one works fine (dunx1).

i can log onto tux using the ssh client, but the ftp won't connect when i open a session (i use Secure Shell ssh)

edit: netstant -ant gave me alot of stuff, but:

tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN



i'm pretty sure it's port 22 for me

edit edit: ahhhh, tux is not solaris.

bash --version:

GNU bash, version 3.2.48(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

uname -a:

Linux tux64-12.cs.drexel.edu 2.6.29-8-cs-np #9 SMP Sun Aug 16 00:46:06 EDT 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

lsb_release -a:

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 9.04
Release:        9.04
Codename:       jaunty

[Fireye]

well, the other machine's one works fine (dunx1).

i can log onto tux using the ssh client, but the ftp won't connect when i open a session (i use Secure Shell ssh)

edit: netstant -ant gave me alot of stuff, but:

tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN



i'm pretty sure it's port 22 for me

...... ok, you're using SFTP. VERY important difference. One runs over ssh (port22), and FTP runs on port21. You could try running sftp -v <user@host>, which will give you verbose output, and let you know why it's not working.