On Sun, 18 Apr 1999, Richard Adams wrote:
> According to Geof Goodrum: While burning my CPU.
> >
> > Check /etc/ for the file ftpshutdown (may vary). From the ftpshut man
> > page:
> >
> > Running this command will create a file that the server
> > will use to determine when to shutdown. Once the shutdown
> > has occured, the server will continue to refuse connec-
> > tions until this file is removed. The location of this
> > file is specified by the shutdown stanza in the ftpaccess
> > file.
>
> Which version of ftpshut are you running ?, i am a little baffeld as i have
> never come across this problem and realy i cant find the above text in my
> man page for ftpshut. I am using;
>
> Version wu-2.4.2-academ[BETA-15](1) Sat Oct 24 23:02:51 CDT 1998
I'm running wu-2.4.2 beta18 (RedHat RPM wu-ftpd-2.4.2b18-2.1.i386.rpm).
This fixed a security vulnerability in earlier releases. See
http://www.netect.com/advisory_0209.html.
> > So you might check /etc/ftpaccess to see what file your system uses.
> > Remove the file and everything should be okay.
>
> Mostly it is, /etc/shutmsg both on Slackware and Redhat.
Not that it matters, but the actual filename I have is shutdownftp (not
ftpshutdown as I thought). My RedHat system inherited a configuration
from continuously patched 1994 vintage Slackware 2.0. I believe
'shutdownftp' might have been the default when I compiled from the source
eons ago. Or I thought 'shutdownftp' was more explicit.
Geof Goodrum
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