Regrettably that did not help either, I think it is something more fundamental than that. Does the following tell you anything? TCPIP> sh service ftp /fu Service: FTP State: Enabled Port: 21 Protocol: TCP Address: 0.0.0.0 Inactivity: 5 User_name: TCPIP$FTP Process: TCPIP$FTP Limit: 10 Active: 1 Peak: 3 File: TCPIP$SYSTEM:TCPIP$FTP_RUN.COM Flags: None Socket Opts: Rcheck Scheck Receive: 0 Send: 0 Log Opts: Acpt Actv Dactv Conn Error Exit Logi Logo Mdfy Rjct TimO Addr File: SYS$SYSDEVICE:[TCPIP$FTP]TCPIP$FTP_RUN.LOG Security Reject msg: not defined Accept host: 0.0.0.0 Accept netw: 0.0.0.0