Package: base Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable Dear Maintainer, *** Please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***
* What led up to the situation? Installing FTP Server on debian * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)? Installed vsftpd and proftp with their default configuration. * What was the outcome of this action? suren@surendhar:~$ sudo aptitude install vsftpd [sudo] password for suren: No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used. suren@surendhar:~$ ftp localhost ftp: connect to address ::1: Connection refused Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection ftp> exit suren@surendhar:~$ suren@surendhar:~$ sudo netstat -tulnp | grep :21 [sudo] password for suren: tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:21 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 2493/vsftpd -------- AFTER THIS VSFTPD IS UNINSTALLED. -------- suren@surendhar:~$ sudo aptitude install proftpd Note: selecting "proftpd-basic" instead of the virtual package "proftpd" The following NEW packages will be installed: libfile-copy-recursive-perl{a} proftpd-basic proftpd-mod-vroot{a} update-inetd{a} 0 packages upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 2,534 kB of archives. After unpacking 4,465 kB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y Get: 1 http://ftp.iitm.ac.in/debian/ wheezy/main libfile-copy-recursive-perl all 0.38-1 [20.6 kB] Get: 2 http://ftp.iitm.ac.in/debian/ wheezy/main update-inetd all 4.43 [21.8 kB] Get: 3 http://ftp.iitm.ac.in/debian/ wheezy/main proftpd-basic sparc 1.3.4a-5+deb7u1 [2,476 kB] Get: 4 http://ftp.iitm.ac.in/debian/ wheezy/main proftpd-mod-vroot sparc 0.9.2-2+b2 [15.6 kB] Fetched 2,534 kB in 18s (135 kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Package configuration ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ ProFTPD configuration ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ProFTPD can be run either as a service from inetd, or as a standalone server. Each choice has its own benefits. With only a few FTP connections per day, it is probably better to run ProFTPD from │ │ inetd in order to save resources. │ │ │ │ On the other hand, with higher traffic, ProFTPD should run as a standalone server to avoid spawning a new process for each incoming connection. │ │ │ │ Run proftpd: │ │ │ │ from inetd │ │ standalone │ │ │ │ │ │ <Ok> │ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Selecting previously unselected package libfile-copy-recursive-perl. (Reading database ... 32874 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libfile-copy-recursive-perl (from .../libfile-copy-recursive-perl_0.38-1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package update-inetd. Unpacking update-inetd (from .../update-inetd_4.43_all.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package proftpd-basic. Unpacking proftpd-basic (from .../proftpd-basic_1.3.4a-5+deb7u1_sparc.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package proftpd-mod-vroot. Unpacking proftpd-mod-vroot (from .../proftpd-mod-vroot_0.9.2-2+b2_sparc.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up libfile-copy-recursive-perl (0.38-1) ... Setting up update-inetd (4.43) ... Setting up proftpd-basic (1.3.4a-5+deb7u1) ... Warning: The home dir /var/run/proftpd you specified can't be accessed: No such file or directory Adding system user `proftpd' (UID 105) ... Adding new user `proftpd' (UID 105) with group `nogroup' ... Not creating home directory `/var/run/proftpd'. Adding system user `ftp' (UID 109) ... Adding new user `ftp' (UID 109) with group `nogroup' ... Creating home directory `/srv/ftp' ... `/usr/share/proftpd/templates/welcome.msg' -> `/srv/ftp/welcome.msg.proftpd-new' ProFTPD is started from inetd/xinetd. Neither inetd nor xinetd appears installed: check your configuration. Setting up proftpd-mod-vroot (0.9.2-2+b2) ... suren@surendhar:~$ ftp localhost ftp: connect to address ::1: Connection refused Trying 127.0.0.1... ftp: connect: Connection refused ftp> * What outcome did you expect instead? ftp to localhost should succeed. *** End of the template - remove these lines *** -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.4 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: sparc (sparc64) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-sparc64 Locale: LANG=en_IN, LC_CTYPE= (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org