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Re: ftpd/inetd debugging (service terminated)

On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, J. Scott Franko wrote:

> Jul 19 15:20:28 localhost inetd[4925]: ftp/tcp server failing (looping),
> service terminated

By default, inetd will only spawn 40 ftp servers within 60 seconds. (This
error message indicates that over 40 were attempted in a minute.)

I am not sure what your inetd.conf entry looks like, but here is an
example:

ftp stream tcp nowait:250 root /usr/libexec/ftpd ftpd -ll -B

Notice the nowait:250 -- the 250 is 250 server instances that are allowed
to be started in one minute. Set yours as needed. My manual page says:
The optional
``max'' suffix (separated from ``wait'' or ``nowait'' by a dot or a
colon) specifies the maximum number of server instances that may be
spawned from inetd within an interval of 60 seconds. When omitted,
``max'' defaults to 40.

Or another option is to use a stand-alone ftp server.

Or better yet, use scp.

Jeremy C. Reed

BSD Resources -- http://bsd.reedmedia.net/

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 >ftpd/inetd debugging (service terminated) (From: "J. Scott Franko" <email@hidden>)



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