Re: how to solve the problem "Could not bind sock on port 21: Address already in use"?
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Robert Brockway
<robert@timetraveller.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Mar 2009, Star Liu wrote:
>
>> i changed the port my ftp server use, then it starts. it's good, i'm
>> not so stupid.
>
> Hi Star. I'd recommend against solving the problem that way. Ports are
> standardised so they may be found easily by those who needs them.
>
> As others have noted Inetd is the Internet superserver. If you look in
> /etc/inetd.conf (or /etc/xinetd.* if using xinetd) then you should see an
> entry where it is starting an ftp server on tcp/21. It shouldn't be
> starting anything else there unless you have a honeypot set up.
>
> So I'd recommend finding out what Inetd is starting, disable it and start
> your ftp server on the correct port.
>
> Having said that I wouldn't recommend ftp for anything except anonymous
> access. sftp is now widely supported in file transfer clients even on
> MS-Windows. sftp is a lot more secure and doesn't have any problems with
> firewalls like ftp does.
thank you, I have stopped inetd using 21 port by commenting out that
line about ftp, but unfortunitely, I have not setup my ftp server, it
seems the best ftp server is proftpd, but sid doesn't support
it(why?), then how could i setup a ftp server on sid? I have tried
more then 5 ftpd servers, like wzdftpd, pureftpd,...., but none is
successful, any suggestion? thanks
> Cheers,
>
> Rob
>
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