Subject: Re: FTP server strangeness
From: Rob Brandt (rbrandt@sbdsl.com)
Date: Fri Jan 18 2002 - 11:47:30 MST
Keary;
Yep, that was it. xinetd was listening, and ProFTP was set to run
standalone. I changed proftp.conf and now everything works.
Thanks very much for your help.
Rob
>Considering the information above, one issue is that the the first set of
>log entries are probably made by wu-ftpd. You can netstat -lp (as root) to
>get the pid and process name of all listening sockets, which will tell you
>who is listening for ftp connections. If it is xinetd, and considering that
>the second set of log entries occur when you attempt to connect, you should
>look at the proftpd.conf file (probably in /etc). Look for the ServerTupe
>directive--it must say "inetd". If it says "standalone", there is your
>problem. This means daemon mode, so when proftp launches it tries to bind to
>the ftp port, which it can't, because inetd already has it.
>
>
>Keary Suska
>Esoteritech, Inc.
>"Leveraging Open Source for a better Internet"
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