[NTLUG:Discuss] Serviceconf

[S. Bradley Christian]

That did the trick! xinetd wasn't running.

I'm wading through Samba Unleashed and http://rute.sourceforge.net/, so I'll
pay attention to tcpwrappers.

Thanks for the help!

-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org]On Behalf
Of Paul Ingendorf
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 10:36 PM
To: discuss at ntlug.org
Subject: RE: [NTLUG:Discuss] Serviceconf


I guess I can say let me know when your ready to dispose of that machine
I'll pick it up for you so you don't have to worry about disposal fees
etc...

<lecture>
First I would suggest learning a bit about tcpwrappers and programs that use
them like inetd and xinetd crunching through this will save you hours of
headache and heartache.

I would also suggest not relying on a third party graphical app to help you
with the configuration of the files required to administer the ftp services.
You never know when the config file will change breaking the utility and
possibly your services esp with wu-ftp who seems to have had a few issues in
the past and we will leave that at that.
</lecture>

Try running service conf from within a terminal window to see output (if
any), much like you would on the .bat files in windows.  You can find it by
right clicking the icon finding the properties and looking for the command.
It may also be beneficial to check redhatupdates for a new version of
serviceconf esp if you have updated anything else on your system.

As for ftp running or not check to see if you are using xinetd or inetd with

# ps ax | grep inet

if you see xinetd then edit /etc/xinet.d/wu-ftpd with your favorite editor
and make sure settings like disable are set to no and you don't have
something like allow from set to anything you don't want.

if you see inetd without the x in front then you want to edit the file
/etc/inetd.conf  If you use vi then just /ftp to find the ftp line and make
sure it is setup with something like

ftp  stream  tcp  nowait  root  /usr/sbin/ftpd  ftpd
or
ftp  stream  tcp  nowait  root  /usr/sbin/in.ftpd  ftpd
just ls the two to see what is where.

and make sure /etc/services has the following
	ftp 21/tcp
in it somewhere

if you don't see either run
# /etc/init.d/xinetd start

then start at the ps ax line again.


-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org]On Behalf
Of S. Bradley Christian
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 3:14 PM
To: NTLUG
Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Serviceconf


I have a simple ftp server running
wu-ftp that I am using as a
disposible learning tool for RedHat
7.2.

For a while, wu-ftp did not have a
check box by it, even though I
would check it and then reboot
(I'm an mcse switching to linux,
rebooting is instinctual ;>)
I never could restart the service
from the command line, but it would
start occasionally enough that I
did have some successful ftp
sessions.

Now Serviceconf itself won't run
from inside Gnome; I just get
split second terminal that pops
and disappears, like when you
run a .bat file in windows.

I'm using an Asus a7v133 w/ 1.3mhz
Athlon, 1gig of ram, and a promise
ata100 controller running a stripe
set.

Wu-ftp is configured just like the
pocket ISP how-to for guest access.
Any ideas? If not, I'll get another
install under my belt:)

Thanks,
Brad Christian



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