HP UX Networking Tips

A. How to start internet services in HP UX

    Command : /sbin/init.d/net start
    Please note that your network configuration file is /etc/rc.config.d/netconf.
    
    more info
 
B. How to start FTP daemons in HP UX

1.) Check /etc/services file, and make sure that ftp entry is not commented out. 
    This file associates official service names and aliases with the port number and protocol the services use.

ftp           21/tcp                 # File Transfer Protocol (Control)


2.) Check /etc/inetd.conf file, and make sure that ftp entry is not commented out.

ftp          stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/lbin/ftpd     ftpd -l

3.) Run 'inetd -c' command.
    Check the daemon process existence by 'ps -ef | grep ftpd'.

# ps -ef | grep ftpd
    root  1964  1734  0 02:00:45 pts/tb    0:00 /usr/lbin/ftpd ftpd -l
    root  1977  1734  0 02:07:15 pts/tb    0:00 grep ftpd
#


4.) If the daemon process is not listed even after 3rd step, run the command found in /etc/inetd.conf file (manually).
    You should have Superuser (root) permission to do that.

# /usr/lbin/ftpd     ftpd -l &
[2] 1978
#

For me, it worked after this 4th step !