ProFTPd installation / configuration help needed

[David E. Meier]

Hi,

it seems you have ProFTPd configured as an inetd service and in this setup
it will be started by the inetd daemon upon connection. Try to connect and
see what it puts out.

You might also want to check the archive. There was a thread about a month
ago regarding setting up ProFTPd.

Dave

> I have installed ProFTPd from the ports collection on a FBSD 5.2.1
> system. The only problem is, it doesn't start up. I know I have to set /
> change the ftp line in the
> /etc/inetd.conf
> i also have setup a user account on the system called ftp and the group
> ftp.
> Any help would be great
> Here is the entire inetd.conf file
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # Internet server configuration database
> #
> # Define *both* IPv4 and IPv6 entries for dual-stack support.
> # To disable a service, comment it out by prefixing the line with '#'.
> # To enable a service, remove the '#' at the beginning of the line.
> #
> ftp     stream  tcp     nowait  root    in.proftpd
> in.proftpd
> <-----------------------------------????????
> #ftp    stream  tcp6    nowait  root    /usr/libexec/ftpd       ftpd -l
> ssh     stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/sshd          sshd -i -4
> #imap4  stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/local/libexec/imapd
> imapd
> #
> # example entry for the optional nntp server
> #
> #nntp   stream  tcp     nowait  news    /usr/local/libexec/nntpd
> nntpd
> #
> # example entry for the optional uucpd server
> #
> #uucpd  stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/local/libexec/uucpd
> uucpd
> #
> # Return error for all "ident" requests
> #
> #auth   stream  tcp     nowait  root    internal
> #auth   stream  tcp6    nowait  root    internal
> #
> # Provide internally a real "ident" service which provides ~/.fakeid
> support,
> # provides ~/.noident support, reports UNKNOWN as the operating system
> type
> # and times out after 30 seconds.
> #
> #auth   stream  tcp     nowait  root    internal        auth -r -f -n -o
> UNKNOWN -t 30
> #auth   stream  tcp6    nowait  root    internal        auth -r -f -n -o
> UNKNOWN -t 30
> #
> # Example entry for an external ident server
> #
> #auth   stream  tcp     wait    root    /usr/local/sbin/identd  identd
> -w -t120
> #
> # Example entry for the optional qmail MTA
> #  NOTE: This is no longer the correct way to handle incoming SMTP
> #        connections for qmail.  Use tcpserver
> (http://cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp.html)
> #        instead.
> #
> #smtp   stream  tcp     nowait  qmaild  /var/qmail/bin/tcp-env  tcp-env
> /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd
> #
> # Enable the following two entries to enable samba startup from inetd
> # (from the Samba documentation).  Enable the third entry to enable the
> swat
> # samba configuration tool.
> #
> #netbios-ssn stream tcp nowait          root    /usr/local/sbin/smbd
> smbd
> #netbios-ns dgram udp   wait            root    /usr/local/sbin/nmbd
> nmbd
> #swat   stream  tcp     nowait/400      root    /usr/local/sbin/swat
> swat
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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