Re: Proftpd questions...


Subject: Re: Proftpd questions...
From: Brian Watson (bcwatso1@uiuc.edu)
Date: Sun Aug 12 2001 - 13:18:23 MDT


Thanks! This worked great... I am only planning to use ftp for
updates to my website, so I running a daemon would be a waste.

--Brian

>On 8/11/01 9:54 PM, "Brian Watson" <bcwatso1@uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
>> So, if I want ftp to be running all of the time I should have it in
>> standalone mode? How can anyone connect if it's in inetd? Someone
>> with a typical ftp client can't connect if the server isn't already
>> up. ?
>
>Brian,
>
>Make sure that "ServerType" is set to inetd - then place this information
>into a "ftp" file in the /etc/xinetd.d/ folder:
>
>service ftp
>{
> flags = REUSE
> socket_type = stream
> protocol = tcp
> wait = no
> user = root
> server = /usr/sbin/in.proftpd
>}
>
>Then restart xinetd.
>
>That will well xinetd to listen on the ftp port and launch proftpd when a
>request comes in for it.
>
>It will be available all the time and proftpd will be launched (by xinetd)
>when it's needed.
>--
>Darron
>darron@froese.org



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