proftpd installation problem

[Rick Stevens]

Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote:
> Rick Stevens wrote:
> 
>> Chen, Douglas wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I tried to install ProFtpd (1.2.9-1.7x) on a RedHat 8.0 Phyche 
>>> machine and got
>>> the following message.
>>>
>>> rpm -i proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x.i386.rpm         file /etc/pam.d/ftp from 
>>> install of proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x conflicts with file from package 
>>> wu-ftpd-2.6.2-8
>>>         file /usr/bin/ftpcount from install of proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x 
>>> conflicts with file from package wu-ftpd-2.6.2-8
>>>         file /usr/bin/ftpwho from install of proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x 
>>> conflicts with file from package wu-ftpd-2.6.2-8
>>>         file /usr/sbin/ftpshut from install of proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x 
>>> conflicts with file from package wu-ftpd-2.6.2-8
>>>         file /usr/share/man/man1/ftpcount.1.gz from install of 
>>> proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x conflicts with file from package wu-ftpd-2.6.2-8
>>>         file /usr/share/man/man1/ftpwho.1.gz from install of 
>>> proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x conflicts with file from package wu-ftpd-2.6.2-8
>>>         file /usr/share/man/man5/xferlog.5.gz from install of 
>>> proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x conflicts with file from package wu-ftpd-2.6.2-8
>>>         file /usr/share/man/man8/ftpshut.8.gz from install of 
>>> proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x conflicts with file from package wu-ftpd-2.6.2-8
>>>
>>> Is there anything I can do to fix this problem? Thank you very much
>>> for your help in advance. 
>>
>>
>>
>> That's a common glitch.  Add the "--force" option:
>>
>>     rpm -ivh --force proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x.i386.rpm
>>
>> (the "vh" are "verbose" and "print hashes as you do stuff"--just a
>> little feedback to let you see when things are happening).
>>
>> The conflicts are because proftpd includes man pages that should replace
>> those of the default wu-ftpd.  rpm won't let you overwrite files unless
>> you explicitly tell it to (by the "--force" option).
> 
> 
> Well Rick , i have some pretty nasty memories from forced installations 
> , since they might break something apart .
> 
> Proftpd and wu-ftpd are both ftp daemons. I don't know what is the 
> meaning of using 2 ftp daemons simultaneously ( if that can be done ) on 
>  the same box. So i guess he can remove wu-ftpd  prior to installing
> Proftpd , that way there will be no conflicts .

You can't use two different ftp daemons unless they're listening on
separate ports.  Proftpd is far, far more secure than wu-ftpd.  In fact,
wu-ftpd stopped being shipped with RH9.  They went to vsftpd.  Not as
robust as proftpd, but much better.

Trust me, a forced install of proftpd won't hurt anything.
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