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To: AB <aernoudt@wanadoo.nl>
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Subject: Re: ftpd error message: can somebody explain me what it means ?
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From: Assar Westerlund <assar@sics.se>
Date: 21 May 2000 03:50:34 +0200
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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


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