"Mullins, Ron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >Has anyone tinkered with the pure-ftpd package > >(http://pureftpd.sourceforge.net/)? I've installed it using apt-get, > >but when I try to connect to localhost I get "connection refused". I > >never even get a prompt. > > > >I can understand if I cannot connect as a normal user without > >configuring, but I should at least get a prompt for anonymous > >access... > > > >No amount of googling can dispel this mystery. I have now signed up to > >the mailing list, and I hope I can find information using the > >Sourceforge list search, which seems on the blink from here at the > >moment. > > I think pure-ftp is a great program. I've never had an issue with it. > > With that being said, do you know the parameters it's being given currently? > I believe the program uses the .conf file by default now instead of you're > editing the parameters in the /etc/init.d/pureftpd file. You need to check > that anonymous access is allowed. I'm not sure that it is the default.
I think the issue is with inetd. gnutitude:~# egrep "^ftp" /etc/inetd.conf ftp tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/pure-config.pl /etc/pure-ftpd.conf Running "/usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/pure-config.pl /etc/pure-ftpd.conf" yields Running : /usr/sbin/pure-ftpd -a 50 -E -l pam -u 100 So, the server starts ok standalone, but I suspect that something is preventing inetd from starting the server. I worked around this by changing the value of the variable "$STANDALONE_OR_INETD" to "standalone" in /etc/default/pure-ftpd, and running the server standalone. > > Do you have a firewall on the same box? Nope. It's a laptop, and I only use FTP to easily transfer files to and from the Windows boxes at home and at work. /g. -- Gustaf Erikson -+- +46 70 444 0726 -+- [http://stureby.net/]