A.1 NWFTPD Messages

Failed to bind to FTP port

Source: nwftpd.nlm
Explanation: The port that the NetWare FTP Server is trying to bind is busy.
Possible Cause: Another instance of the NetWare FTP Server or another application is bound to the port.
Action: Unload the application that is bound to the port, or bind the NetWare FTP Server to a different port.

Failed to initialize Anonymous user

Source: nwftpd.nlm
Explanation: The NetWare FTP Server failed to create an anonymous user.
Possible Cause: Incorrect data was entered to create the user.
Action: Use the following syntax:

nwftpd -a [-c [volname:[/dirname/...]]myconfig.cfg]

Failed to add Anonymous User object to NDS

Source: nwftpd.nlm
Possible Cause: The administrator user entered has insufficient rights.
Action: When prompted for the name of the administrator, enter a user with sufficient rights.

Failed to generate an ObjectKeyPair for the Anonymous User

Source: nwftpd.nlm
Possible Cause: The anonymous user entered has insufficient rights.
Action: Ensure that the anonymous user has sufficient rights.

Failed to open configuration file

Source: nwftpd.nlm
Possible Cause: The configuration file is not available at the specified location.
Action: Ensure that the configuration file is available at the specified location.

Unable to find default configuration file

Source: nwftpd.nlm
Possible Cause: The configuration file is not available at the default location (sys:/etc).
Action: Ensure that the configuration file is available at the default location.

Unable to locate Anonymous user in default context

Source: nwftpd.nlm
Possible Cause: sys:etc\hosts has an incorrect or missing entry for its own server address and name, or the anonymous user does not exist at the NetWare FTP Server’s context.
Action: Ensure that sys:etc\hosts contains an entry for its own server, in the format:
ip_address servername

Run nwftpd -a to create the anonymous user, then reload nwftpd.

USAGE : nwftpd [-a] [-c <Config File>] [-d]

Source: nwftpd.nlm
Possible Cause: The user might have tried to load nwftpd.nlm incorrectly.
Action: To load FTP Server with the default configuration file, enter the following command:

nwftpd

To create an anonymous user, use the following command:

nwftpd -a

To load FTP Server with a specific configuration filename, enter the following command syntax::

nwftpd -c [volname:[/dirname/...]]myconfig.cfg

To disable dynamic configuration updates, enter the following command:

nwftpd -d

Aborting load. Configuration file not found.

Possible Cause: The configuration file was not found in the location specified.
Action: Ensure that the configuration file exists in the location specified.

UNLOAD_THIS_INSTANCE parameter set in the configuration file. Unloaded the corresponding instance.

Possible Cause: The UI administration utility might have opted to stop this instance.

Failed to get Server Context.

Action: Verify the server context. If it is a bindery context, then give a valid context, or set the DEFAULT_FTP_CONTEXT parameter of the configuration file.

Failed to create ContextHandle for FTPServer retcode=n

Possible Cause: DS failure.