proftpd installation problem

[Kostas Sfakiotakis]

Rick Stevens wrote:
> Chen, Douglas wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I tried to install ProFtpd (1.2.9-1.7x) on a RedHat 8.0 Phyche machine 
>> and got
>> the following message.
>>
>> rpm -i proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x.i386.rpm         file /etc/pam.d/ftp from 
>> install of proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x conflicts with file from package 
>> wu-ftpd-2.6.2-8
>>         file /usr/bin/ftpcount from install of proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x 
>> conflicts with file from package wu-ftpd-2.6.2-8
>>         file /usr/bin/ftpwho from install of proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x 
>> conflicts with file from package wu-ftpd-2.6.2-8
>>         file /usr/sbin/ftpshut from install of proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x 
>> conflicts with file from package wu-ftpd-2.6.2-8
>>         file /usr/share/man/man1/ftpcount.1.gz from install of 
>> proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x conflicts with file from package wu-ftpd-2.6.2-8
>>         file /usr/share/man/man1/ftpwho.1.gz from install of 
>> proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x conflicts with file from package wu-ftpd-2.6.2-8
>>         file /usr/share/man/man5/xferlog.5.gz from install of 
>> proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x conflicts with file from package wu-ftpd-2.6.2-8
>>         file /usr/share/man/man8/ftpshut.8.gz from install of 
>> proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x conflicts with file from package wu-ftpd-2.6.2-8
>>
>> Is there anything I can do to fix this problem? Thank you very much
>> for your help in advance. 
> 
> 
> That's a common glitch.  Add the "--force" option:
> 
>     rpm -ivh --force proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x.i386.rpm
> 
> (the "vh" are "verbose" and "print hashes as you do stuff"--just a
> little feedback to let you see when things are happening).
> 
> The conflicts are because proftpd includes man pages that should replace
> those of the default wu-ftpd.  rpm won't let you overwrite files unless
> you explicitly tell it to (by the "--force" option).

Well Rick , i have some pretty nasty memories from forced installations 
, since they might break something apart .

Proftpd and wu-ftpd are both ftp daemons. I don't know what is the 
meaning of using 2 ftp daemons simultaneously ( if that can be done ) on 
  the same box. So i guess he can remove wu-ftpd  prior to installing
Proftpd , that way there will be no conflicts .


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