Re: [cobalt-users] Major problems with telnet and ftp services

[Seth Mos <knuffie@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Craig Shrimpton wrote:

> Both my telnet and ftp services are failing randomly.  The services refuse
> connections and the error messages generated are:
> 
> Aug 20 16:27:46 commerce inetd[327]: ftp/tcp server failing (looping),
> service terminated

I think it's rather inetd that's being stubborn.
Does pop-3 have problems too? (also run from inetd).

I havn't installed the update as of yet. Then again i rather use ssh
and scp.

> Anyone know whay a new server with only one user would fail like this?  All
> I did was upgrade to OS Update 3.0.  Perhaps that's causing it.

Cliche: If it ain't broke don't fix it. :-/
Installed the updates (I like to break stuff :-)
It seems that the rpm for the not root vulnerable proftpd saves the
/etc/proftpd.conf to /etc/proftpd.conf.rpmsave.
Try switching the ftp service off and then on.
That would copy the proftpd.conf.master back and ftp shold be fine.

No problems with telnet though.

Bye 
Seth