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The installation program on Linux/Unix complains about an incorrect user or password on a remote machine. What should I do?

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The installation program on Linux/Unix complains about an incorrect user or password on a remote machine. What should I do?

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Verify that you can manually connect via telnet and ftp to the remote machine. The installation program requires that telnet and ftp servers are both executing on the remote machine. Sometimes, a machine will allow connections from one but not the other. Make sure that you test both.