Re: ftp daemon fails

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tekkie140 <administrator@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

hi - all of a sudden (it used to work) i can't start the ftpd daemon.

# /usr/libexec/ftpd -l -R -p ftpd-id
Sept 10 09:02:22 myhostname ftpd[1234]: getpeername (/usr/libexec/ftpd):
Socket operation on non-socket

Your ftpd is thinking it was launched from inetd, and expected to get a
socket on standard input.

I think you need to add the -D flag to get a stand-alone daemon.

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David DeSimone == Network Admin == fox@xxxxxxxxx
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