Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 14:16:44 +1000 (YAKST) From: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@amur.cbr.ru> To: Assar Westerlund <assar@sics.se> Cc: AB <aernoudt@wanadoo.nl>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftpd error message: can somebody explain me what it means ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005211414200.1509-100000@noname.cbr.amur.ru> In-Reply-To: <5l7lcohdsl.fsf@assaris.sics.se>
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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 But if you steel want to run standalone ftpd try # /usr/libexec/ftpd -D -4 It works for me. HTH, Maxim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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