Re: why is ftp locked for incoming

[Bret Hughes <bhughes elevating com>]

Chris Lynch wrote:

>
>
> Where can I find info on how Red Hat uses the tcpd daemon? I've read the
> man page. I just want to know about why it passes the -l and -a
> arguements to
> ftp in inetd.conf. This disallows any ftping into a box.. I spent 30
> minutes
> restarting inetd and trying to find any info on in.ftpd. I ended up
> deleting
> the -l -a and restarting inetd. Which , of course, worked.
> Also, consolehelper forces authentication for ppp and several other
> programs.
> where is the info , thanks,
> Chris
>

Chris

i belive the real command name is ftpd. look at the man page for ftpd and
you will see the -l -a options log to syslog and use the /etc/ftpaccess
file respectively.  You can use -a if you wna to limit who can use the ftp
sevice on your machine.

Bret