[ale] Starting ftpd-ssl in Ubuntu-8.04

[Björn Gustafsson]

Do you have an inetd service running on your box?  If not, then that
is the general area of the problem.  Though I'd be rather surprised if
Ubuntu 8.04 uses inetd, as the xinetd service has been the default in
most Linux flavors for a while.

If you are running inetd, then it is responsible for monitoring the
port, and initiating the service when a network connection is made to
the ftp port.

Check that the port is enabled with something like this:

netstat  -a  |  grep  ftp

If that command turns up empty, then inetd is *not* listening on the
ftp port.  If you are running inetd then you may just need to get it
to re-read its config file.  On the other hand if your system uses
xinetd then you may need to create a different config file for
ftpd-ssl to work.

On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 9:58 AM, John Mills <johnmills at speakeasy.net> wrote:
> ALErs -
>
> I believe I installed 'ftpd-ssl' in Ubuntu-8.04 with 'apt-get' but I am
> able to make neither a local nor an external FTP connection to my server.
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1. How do I confirm that I have the correct package installed and that its
> dependencies are met? One web source described 'ftpd-ssl' as a "virtual
> package" which seemed to imply it is an set of required packages, but I
> don't know how this affects its installation.
>
> 2. How to I enable and start the service? I looked at '/etc/inetd.conf'
> and it only lists services, not their startup parameters. Similarly I
> didn't find a specific '/etc/init.d' entry to [start|stop|restart] for
> 'inetd'. Rebooting the box didn't start the service. '/etc/inetd.conf' is
> one line:
>
>  "ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.ftpd -z
> cert=/etc/ftpd-ssl/ftpd.pem -z key=/etc/ftpd-ssl/ftpd.pem"
>
> The setup is a fresh installation of the Ubuntu-8.04 'server' for i386,
> plus my shot at 'ftpd-ssl'.
>
> Thanks.
>
>  - Mills

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Björn Gustafsson