wu-ftpd-2_4_2-vr17 installation

From: John Robens <jrobens_at_davidjones.com.au>
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 14:53:48 +1000

To the DU Managers.

I am currently trying to get this version of WU-FTPd to run on DU4E patch
1.

I have tried the binary version from
www.landfield.com/pub/wu-ftpd/binaries/dec/unix/wu-ftpd-2.4.2-vr17-OSF1alph
a-V4.0.tar.gz

 and the source version from the same site.

I am modifying the inetd.conf file to use the -a flag so that my ftpaccess
file will be read.

If I only have the -a flag such as:

.... /usr/local/etc/in.ftpd -a ftpd

The ftpaccess file is not read.

If I put the following in:
... /usr/local/etc/in.ftpd -v -a ftpd

the ftpaccess file is read and verbose mode is turned on.

Even stranger if I put this in:
... /usr/local/etc/in.ftpd -a -a ftpd

the ftpaccess file is read and vebose mode is also turned on.

I have restarted the inetd (completely), to make sure that it is not using
chached information.

Has anyone seen this behaviour, or know of a fix?

I guess that I can hack the code to change this behaviour, but I can't see
what is wrong with it.



John Robens
Unix System Administrator -
DAVID JONES LIMITED ACN 000 074 573
Phone: 02 9266 6014
Mobile: 0411 269 949
Received on Thu May 13 1999 - 04:54:46 NZST

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