Pure-ftpd problems and work-around ( was Re: inetd )

[Peter Garrett]

On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:26:01 +0200
albi <albi at scii.nl> wrote:

> out of curiosity i've just installed pure-ftpd on ubuntu breezy,
> the problem lies here : /etc/default/pure-ftpd-common
> 
> by default it is configured to run via inetd, and that is not installed
> on my system (is that default in breezy ?)
> 
> changing the line
> STANDALONE_OR_INETD=inetd
> 
> in :
> STANDALONE_OR_INETD=standalone
> 
> does make the /etc/init.d/pure-ftpd script fully usable

Yup. Your config change works here too, on Breezy.

> 
> (so, this looks like a bug to me)

Looks like the issue is known, at least - see

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/pure-ftpd/+bug/3172

One would hope it will be fixed up in Dapper...

-- 
Peter Garrett