proftpd installation problem

[Kostas Sfakiotakis]

Rick Stevens wrote:
> 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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