On Oct 12, 8:12 am, mark wrote:
> When I use ftp from IE to connect to AIX system I get issues with the
> way the folders are displayed. I type inftp://login@ipaddress/. I
> authenticate using the login and password but all the folders and
> files have a time and/or date in the name i.e. the folder /opt
> displays as "12:04 opt" When I click the folder it tells me that you
> dont have permissions but I ma pretty sure this is because it is not
> its proper name....
>
> Any ideas will be gratefully accepted.
> Thanks
> Mark

/etc/inetd.conf should point to /usr/sbin/ftpd

Check that your ftpd is the standard AIX version and not replaced
with other software.
Use: lslpp -w /usr/sbin/ftpd
While you're at it, make sure /bin/ls is the standard software also.

See if it works with firefox.
--S