Re: ftpd.conf and motd not consulted by ftpd

On 16/02/2022 15:29, Daniel Feenberg wrote:
>
> My ftp server ignores the /usr/local/etc/ftpd.conf.
>
> I installed the tnftpd server in my FreeBSD 13.0 system with
>
>   pkg add tnftpd
>
> uncommented the ftp line in inetd.conf and specified 
> inetd_enable="YES" in rc.conf. The system now serves files, but 
> doesn't seem to consult the optional ftpd.conf or motd files in 
> /usr/local/etc. I also tried putting those files in /etc and 
> specifying the location in inetd.conf with the -c option. No effect. 
> The files are world readable. I don't see an error message in messages 
> or xferlog - is there another location to look for messages? It seems 
> like there would be someplace for ftpd to complain about the 
> configuration files. Note that the problem probably isn't an error in 
> ftpd.conf itself, since motd is also ignored.
>
>
My guess would be you're not using the ftp server you think you are. I 
don't know what comes on 13, but there was always an ftpd as part of the 
base system; the one used by inetd.

What I'm sure about is the motd system has changed in FreeBSD 13 - it 
doesn't work the way it always used to. It doesn't read the file, it's 
produced by a daemon for some reason: progress I think.

Regards, Frank.