RE: [cobalt-users] RaQ550 FTP Server

[Jeremy Coates <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,

In message <200401101153.i0ABrUW25303@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> you wrote:

> This is the message in the Messages log:
> 
> Jan 10 11:45:01 ns0 proftpd[2145]: error: "(null)" address/port
> (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:21) already in use by "ProFTPD"
> Jan 10 11:45:01 ns0 proftpd[2145]: Fatal: </VirtualHost>: address/port
> configuration collision

This is 'fixable' by the following methodology (from docs at proftpd.net),
essentially setting the global server (i.e. outside the VirtualHosts) to be
ignored:

#Port	21
Port	0
SocketBindTight	on

I also had another problem after I'd fixed the above from a previous tweak
of mine:

LsDefaultOptions "-a" directive had been changed to ListOptions "-a"

As for the '550: {filename} Overwrite permission denied' errors when
uploading over an existing file, it would seem that Sun (in their wisdom)
picked a broken version of ProFTPD to use, namely 1.2.9rc2, and reading
between the lines of bug reports 2024, 2183 and 2222 (see bugs.proftpd.org ),
1.2.9rc3 fixed the issues we're seeing now.

The full version of 1.2.9 had been released back at the end of October so why
they picked a known to be broken release candidate I'll never know!

At least the src.rpm is
available:
http://ftp.cobalt.sun.com/pub/products/raq550/updates/SRPMS/proftpd-1.2.9rc2-stackguardC1.src.rpm
this shows, in the proftpd.spec file who's responsible for this crappy build!
(Why did it take from 21/11/03 'til 9/1/04 to get released without noticing
how screwed up it was?)

I'll see how far I get with a rebuild, however I'm learning the cobalt rpm
nuances as I go - one of the more seasoned packagers may have more joy moving
us forward, you never know SS may even do an official release with the fixed
version ;)

HTH,
Jeremy
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