[Gllug] FTP / network corruption?

[Karel Kudlacek]

I would suggest to check the md5sum of the original and the downloaded 
file to make sure that the file is really corrupted. 

Karel

> Simon Perry:
> Hi All,
> 
> I have an odd problem with zip files being corrupted when pulled via 
> ftp. On the server I can unzip the file with no problem at all.
> However 
> when I ftp the file from a different location it downloads without
> error 
> but is always corrupted and I'm unable to unzip it.
> 
> Trying various combinations of ftp servers and clients all produce 
> the
> 
> same corruption. However I can ftp from the server, using localhost 
> address and that does transfer the file without corruption. (I can
> serve 
>   the same files on a different server without problem)
> 
> The machine also runs Apache and I have noticed that some image files 
> that are hosted also will not display to remote clients. Those 
> clients
> 
> complain that the files contain errors. Viewing on local host works
> fine.
> 
> There is nothing in the logs to indicate a problem. This is a new 
> machine with Kubunutu 10.04 LTS on it.
> 
> Apart from this binary file corruption the machine seems to be fine. 
> What do you think the cause of the corruption is?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Simon
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