xinetd is on the CD as well. On Thursday 21 August 2003 11:49 am, you wrote: > SLES8 still comes with inetd. I really wish they'd switch. > > All inetd/xinetd does is provide a "front-end" for network apps. It has a > few "built-in" services, as documented in the man page: > > These services are ``echo'', ``discard'', ``chargen'' > (character generator), ``daytime'' (human readable time), and ``time'' > (machine readable time, in the form of the number of seconds since > mid� night, January 1, 1900) > > ftp, telnet, etc. are all add-ons. in.ftpd is supplied by wuftpd on SLES7, > but that package isn't provided with SLES8. proftpd (also in 7, but not in > 8) uses a different program, in.proftpd. SLES8 comes with vsftpd, which is > a good package, but has a lot of options and a bit of a learning curve. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David Booher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 12:03 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] SLES 8.1 FTP problems > > > > > > I thought everything on SLES8 was controlled by the > > SUPER-DAEMON XINETD...here's what I show for ftp: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]$ cd xinetd.d > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] xinetd.d]$ ls > > chargen daytime-udp finger rexec sgi_fam time > > chargen-udp echo linuxconf-web rlogin talk time-udp > > daytime echo-udp ntalk rsh telnet wu-ftpd > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] xinetd.d]$ cat wu-ftpd > > # default: on > > # description: The wu-ftpd FTP server serves FTP connections. > > It uses \ > > # normal, unencrypted usernames and passwords for > > authentication. > > service ftp > > { > > socket_type = stream > > wait = no > > user = root > > server = /usr/sbin/in.ftpd > > server_args = -l -a > > log_on_success += DURATION USERID > > log_on_failure += USERID > > nice = 10 > > disable = no > > } > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] xinetd.d]$ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Ellsperman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 10:13 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: SLES 8.1 FTP problems > > > > > > I'm having a problem with ftp under SLES 8.1. I go into inetd and > > activated the ftp service but I'm still not able to ftp to > > this server. > > When I look at the service details in inetd it looks like this > > Active! ftp stream tcp nowait root > > /usr/sbin/tcpd in.ftpd > > If I look in /usr/sbin there is no file called in.ftpd. This > > file exists > > on our SLES 7.2 systems where ftp is working fine. > > When I try to ftp to this server I get the following error message > > 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection. > > > > Any help would be appreciated! > > > > Kevin Ellsperman > > Payless ShoeSource, Inc. > > 785-559-6326
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