ftp silent test

Hi,

on some host I use the ftp:s (silent test) tag and the response is
ALWAYS of this type:

service ftp on host_name is not OK : Unexpected service response

Seconds: 0.00

with yellow status.

Instead ftp tests report "correct" situation.

Can you tell me if this is the normal behaviour for ftp:s test?

Thanks

Damiano Vozza
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