I've just done my tri-annual hardware shuffle, swapping out all my on-lease RS-6000 for brand spanking new systems. Part of this included upgrading from AIX 5.1 to AIX 5.3.

Now, on half the systems (the last set replaced) I get errors on the smtp and ftp tests -- typically one test every two hours. Interestingly, all these systems barf on the same test cycle. This is obviously something not quite right in the AIX config, but I'm at a loss on what. I just found out today that we also have production rsh scripts that time out on the same cycle (yeah, I know -- but they've been rsh since year dot, and getting them to ssh is real low on the list . . )

Here's a sample of the network test error: Service ftp on hudson is not OK : Unexpected service response Service smtp on hudson is not OK : Unexpected service response

How can I log the actual response? I'm currently running hobbit 4.03rc1; that's scheduled to change sometime next week.

Other suggestions?

TIA --

Tom Kauffman NIBCO, Inc