SK0-005 · Question #88
A server technician has been asked to upload a few files from the internal web server to the internal FTP server. The technician logs in to the web server using PuTTY, but the connection to the FTP…
The correct answer is C. A misconfigured hosts file. The IP address in the command output is different on each machine. Hosts.allow and hosts.deny are for ACL not direction. A host file that is different on each machine would cause the IP address to be different.
Question
A server technician has been asked to upload a few files from the internal web server to the internal FTP server. The technician logs in to the web server using PuTTY, but the connection to the FTP server fails. However, the FTP connection from the technician's workstation is successful. To troubleshoot the issue, the technician executes the following command on both the web server and the workstation:
ping ftp.acme.local The IP address in the command output is different on each machine. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for the connection failure?
Options
- AA misconfigured firewall
- BA misconfigured hosts.deny file
- CA misconfigured hosts file
- DA misconfigured hosts.allow file
How the community answered
(40 responses)- A25% (10)
- B8% (3)
- C55% (22)
- D13% (5)
Explanation
The IP address in the command output is different on each machine. Hosts.allow and hosts.deny are for ACL not direction. A host file that is different on each machine would cause the IP address to be different.
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