Date: 21 May 2000 03:50:34 +0200 From: Assar Westerlund <assar@sics.se> To: AB <aernoudt@wanadoo.nl> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftpd error message: can somebody explain me what it means ? Message-ID: <5l7lcohdsl.fsf@assaris.sics.se> In-Reply-To: AB's message of "Sat, 20 May 2000 19:20:51 %2B0200" References: <3926C973.92F2BC6F@wanadoo.nl>
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AB <aernoudt@wanadoo.nl> writes: > No matter how many books/man pages I read, I can not find the > explanation for this error message: > > ftpd[proces-ID] "getpeername (/usr/libexec/ftpd): socket operation on > non-socket" ftpd assumes it has been started from inetd and therefore that file descriptor 0 is a TCP-socket. If this is not the case you get the error you quotes above. I repeat: ftpd has to be started by inetd (or something inetd-like). /assar To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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