Hi all
i tried now for a few days to compile vsftpd. but there is always the same error-message. i have no more ideas, what i can do. please help me.

# make
gcc -c main.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c utility.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c prelogin.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c ftpcmdio.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c postlogin.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c privsock.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c tunables.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c ftpdataio.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c secbuf.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c ls.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c postprivparent.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c logging.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c str.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c netstr.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c sysstr.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c strlist.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c banner.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c filestr.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c parseconf.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c secutil.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c ascii.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c oneprocess.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c twoprocess.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c privops.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c standalone.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c hash.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c tcpwrap.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c ipaddrparse.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c access.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c features.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c readwrite.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c ssl.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c sysutil.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
gcc -c sysdeputil.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow -idirafter dummyinc
sysdeputil.c: In function `do_sendfile':
sysdeputil.c:641: warning: null argument where non-null required (arg 3)
sysdeputil.c: At top level:
sysdeputil.c:1112: warning: `vsf_insert_uwtmp' defined but not used
sysdeputil.c:1151: warning: `vsf_remove_uwtmp' defined but not used
gcc -o vsftpd main.o utility.o prelogin.o ftpcmdio.o postlogin.o privsock.o tunables.o ftpdataio.o secbuf.o ls.o postprivparent.o logging.o str.o netstr.o sysstr.o strlist.o banner.o filestr.o parseconf.o secutil.o ascii.o oneprocess.o twoprocess.o privops.o standalone.o hash.o tcpwrap.o ipaddrparse.o access.o features.o readwrite.o ssl.o sysutil.o sysdeputil.o -Wl,-s `./vsf_findlibs.sh`


I tried to compile with tcpwrapper and ssl. but this cannot be the fault.

Does Suse not ship with a vsftpd rpm package? Also have you tried compiling a different version?

yeah, there is a rpm package. but i need it the other way. its not for me, its for work. i have also tried earlier versions, but it was always the same.
actually it works now, but i am not sure if everything is right, because of the warnings. and i am not sure if its than as sure as it would be without warnings.

I wouldn't worry about these two errors:
all that means is in the source he (the author of vsftpd) has defined a couple of variables but then never assigned a value or used them later on, alls it does is waste a little bit of memory, a few bytes depending on the type of the variable.

The other error I would be a little more concerned about, and I would keep a close eye on vsftpd to make sure its working correctly for the first few days