Description of problem: While vsftpd supports IPv6 on RHEL-5 it seems ftp (the client) does not. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ftp-0.17-37.el5 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Enable IPv6 in vsftpd ad start the daemon # netstat -na | grep :21 tcp 0 0 :::21 :::* LISTEN 2. Connect via ftp # ftp 2000:dead:beef:a:5054:ff:fe68:13d4 ftp: 2000:dead:beef:a:5054:ff:fe68:13d4: unknown host ftp> bye # ftp ::1 ftp: ::1: unknown host ftp> bye 3. The connection was verified from RHEL-6 ftp client and it worked. Actual results: ftp via IPv6 fail Expected results: ftp support IPv6 Additional info:
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Please, make sure you are using ftp client from the 'ftp' package, not the kerberized version. # which ftp /usr/kerberos/bin/ftp This version is from krb5 package and it probably doesn't support ipv6. The client from 'ftp' package does support ipv6: # /usr/bin/ftp ::1 < connection ok >