FTP to VMS systems

[Rasesh Trivedi]

In article <8804081907.AA03668 at uazchem.SGI> dolata at uazchem.UUCP (Dolata) writes:
>
>I have a 3130, 2400T, and a mVAX II running ULTRIX, and a mVAX II running VMS.
>(And a headache!)  All of these machines are hanging on an ethernet, and all
>have FTP and TELNET.  I can telnet between all of the machines.  But I
>cannot FTP between all of them.  The possible connections are;
>
>	ULTRIX <-> IRIS (both)
>	ULTRIX <-> VMS
>	VMS -----> IRIS
>	IRIS -//-> VMS
>
>When I try to 'open vms' on the IRIS's ftp,  it gives me a "segmentation
>violation,  core dumped" message.   However,  if I run ftp on the VMS
>system, and 'open iris1' or 'open iris2' it works well.
>
>Any hints, anecdotes, fixes ???
>Dan

Problem on Iris end implies something wrong on set up of your 3130 kernel.
Make sure it has the proper protocol i.e. possibly TCP/IP. If it is XNS it
has to be changed using "kernel xns" command. 

Other than this your "ifconfig" command line set up seems to be ok as you
can telnet from vms.

-rasesh