Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote:
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 .
You can't use two different ftp daemons unless they're listening on separate ports. Proftpd is far, far more secure than wu-ftpd. In fact, wu-ftpd stopped being shipped with RH9. They went to vsftpd. Not as robust as proftpd, but much better.
Trust me, a forced install of proftpd won't hurt anything.
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