Sun, 25 Nov 2007, by [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > I've opened ports 20, 21 and 1025 to 1029 via SuSEfirewall2 on 10.3. > > If all the ports are taken is there a way of telling the next user to wait or > try again later? As it is it just leaves them wondering and waiting and > allowing more users makes the system too slow. > > Am I correct in assuming it's one port per user?
You're not using the correct way of handling this. Use vsftpd's 'max_clients' and 'max_per_ip' parameters to limit the number of users. That way excess users get a sensible error when they try to connect. See vsftpd.conf(5) Theo -- Theo v. Werkhoven Registered Linux user# 99872 http://counter.li.org ICBM 52 13 26N , 4 29 47E. + ICQ: 277217131 SUSE 10.2 + Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kernel 2.6.20 + See headers for PGP/GPG info. Claimer: any email I receive will become my property. Disclaimers do not apply. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
