Re: stopping wu-ftpd manually not working
Hi Martin,
Ok. Thank you. I will use dpkg-inetd then if I keep using using wu-ftpd. I
will look at proftd.
Tanks for ebby ting,
Jimmy Richards
On Saturday 31 March 2001 02:45, Martin Würtele wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 02:30:37AM -0700, Jimmy Richards wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I installed wu-ftpd and said 'no' to setting it up right now. I could
> > then stop it manually with /etc/init.d/wu-ftpd stop. Starting also worked
> > fine. Later I wanted to set it up and couldn't find the script to run
> > that brings up the setup questions, and dpkg-reconfigure wu-ftpd didn't
> > work either. So I purged it, re-installed, and then went through the
> > setup. I am using a Linksys Cable/DSL router and had to put a line in
> > /etc/ftpaccess like this (in case it makes any difference) passive
> > address 24.15.40.134 Now when I try to stop it with the above manual
> > command, nothing happens. Anyone got any ideas? Another interesting thing
> > is that my friend who was testing it for me couldn't get on to it with
> > 'leapftp' or MS Internet Explorer 5.5 until I put the 'passive address'
> > line in. But he could get on and download/upload stuff just fine with an
> > old version of CuteFTP... he said it was dated 1996. I found that to be
> > interesting.
>
> you have to install wu-ftp as standalone to stop and start it with
> /etc/init.d/wu-ftpd stop|start. otherwise it is started on connection by
> inetd (check /etc/inetd.conf).
>
> i think this is becaouse ie cannot connect in passive mode.
>
> btw if you have cable you may be connected to the internet permanently and
> therefore i recommand another ftp server (eg proftpd) due to security bugs
> in wu-ftp.
>
> yours martin
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