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Subject: Re: ftp daemon fails
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tekkie140 <administrator@ksd140.org> wrote:
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> hi - all of a sudden (it used to work) i can't start the ftpd daemon. 
> 
> # /usr/libexec/ftpd -l -R -p ftpd-id 
> Sept 10 09:02:22 myhostname ftpd[1234]: getpeername (/usr/libexec/ftpd):
> Socket operation on non-socket 

> Your ftpd is thinking it was launched from inetd, and expected to get a
> socket on standard input.

> I think you need to add the -D flag to get a stand-alone daemon.

Yes, good call. Silly of me to think that ftpd (ftp daemon) would
automatically
launch as a daemon. The -D flag did the trick. Thanks!

Thanks to the others who responded as well. I'll RTFM on inet as well.
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