ftp questions....

[Alexey Fadyushin]

Look for the line 'disable' in files /etc/xinetd.d/wu-ftpd and 
/etc/xinetd.d/vsftpd. Is should be read as 'yes' at least in one of 
these files. The actual FTP server is that _without_ 'yes' for this 
option (or with 'no' value fot 'disable').

Alexey Fadyushin
Brainbench MVP for Linux.
http://www.brainbench.com

bruce wrote:

> ok...
> 
> when i do a ls /etc/xinetd.d i get :
> 
> [root at lserver2 root]# ls /etc/xinetd.d
> chargen      daytime      echo-udp  rlogin  servers   talk    time-udp
> chargen-udp  daytime-udp  ntalk     rsh     services  telnet  vsftpd
> cvspserver   echo         rexec     rsync   sgi_fam   time    wu-ftpd
> 
> which shows me the vs/wu ftpd files...
> 
> but i still don't know 'which' i'm using!!! nor do i know exactly where the
> 'config' file is that i'd have to alter/modify!!!
> 
> thanks..
> 
> -bruce
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Volker Kindermann
> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 7:32 AM
> To: bedouglas at earthlink.net; General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: ftp questions....
> 
> 
> 
>>the issue i'm having is that although i can ftp in/access files from
>>another box, when i do a:
>># ps -aef | grep ftp
>>
>>i get
>>
>>#
>>
>>which is curious.. to say the least...
> 
> 
> please do a "netstat -nap|grep LISTEN" and look if your machine listens
> at port 21. If so, you will see which application listens in the last
> column of the output. I'm quite sure that it is xinetd or inetd.
> 
> In the first case, the ftp-service is either started by /etc/xinetd.conf
> or a separate configfile in /etc/xinetd.d. In the later case (inetd),
> it is certainly started in /etc/inetd.conf.
> 
> 
>  -volker
> 
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