vsftpd from inetd correctly

killahsmurf · 07-24-2007, 10:59 AM

ive been toying with the settings of vsftpd to get it to run when my machine boots up. standalone isnt a problem at all, it runs flawlessly from there. In the /etc/inetd.conf i put in the line
ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/vsftpd vsftpd

(but was originally)

ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd vsftpd

neither one of them seems to have any effect at all. ive looked at several different posts on various forums, and have thoroughly read through the vsftpdrocks.org tutorials. seems like whenever you get to running it from inetd is where it starts to get funny. ill provide my vsftp.conf file. let me know if something is wrong in there.

Quote:

listen=NO
max_clients=4
max_per_ip=1

# Access rights
anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
anon_upload_enable=NO
anon_mkdir_write_enable=NO
anon_other_write_enable=NO
pasv_enable=YES
pasv_address=x.x.x.x
listen_port=xxxx

# Security
anon_world_readable_only=YES
connect_from_port_20=NO
hide_ids=YES
pasv_min_port=xxxxx
pasv_max_port=xxxxx
pasv_promiscuous=YES
chroot_local_user=YES
cmds_allowed=PASV,GET,MGET,PUT,MPUT,CD,LS,QUIT,HELP,MKDIR,OPEN,PWD,SYST,TYPE,LIST,CWD,SIZE,STOR,RETR ,REST,MKD,CDUP,NOOP

# Features
ls_recurse_enable=NO
ascii_download_enable=NO
async_abor_enable=YES
dirmessage_enable=YES

#Logging
dual_log_enable=YES
xferlog_enable=YES
xferlog_file=/var/log/xferlog.log
log_ftp_protocol=YES
vsftpd_log_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log
syslog_enable=YES

# Performance
one_process_model=NO
idle_session_timeout=120
data_connection_timeout=300
accept_timeout=60
connect_timeout=60
anon_max_rate=50000

willysr · 07-24-2007, 07:07 PM

have you restart your inetd service?

i'm able to make it work here both on standalone or inetd

killahsmurf · 07-25-2007, 09:22 PM

before i knew how to restart inetd, i was just rebooting my computer. and that basically does the same thing no? what did you put in your inetd file for running vsftpd, i honestly cant see where i went wrong. if it can run in standalone, what would make it stop from running from inetd??

willysr · 07-26-2007, 01:04 AM

i just uncomment the rc.inetd file on this line
ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd vsftpd
and it works

mRgOBLIN · 07-26-2007, 04:29 PM

How are you checking to see if it's running?

When running from inetd the port will be open but you won't see a ftpd process running until someone connects.

Test it with some of the following

Code:

netstat -lt |fgrep ftp
telnet localhost 21
(as root) fuser -v 21/tcp

Also keep in mind that /usr/sbin/tcpd is tcp-wrappers which means that /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} will come into play .