From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Feb 12 01:00:05 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA17115 for bugs-outgoing; Wed, 12 Feb 1997 01:00:05 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA17094; Wed, 12 Feb 1997 01:00:02 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 01:00:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199702120900.BAA17094@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs Cc: From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) Subject: Re: bin/2713: ftp daemon processes don't terminate, even with the -t and -T options set Reply-To: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) Sender: owner-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The following reply was made to PR bin/2713; it has been noted by GNATS. From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: bert@miint.net Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/2713: ftp daemon processes don't terminate, even with the -t and -T options set Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 09:32:22 +0100 As bert@miint.net wrote: > FTP processes are starying around for many days, never timing out. > user ftp's in. Seems to be one type of user, possibly running on a > Macintosh Perhaps the remote frontend is continuously issuing something like a DIR command? I think the timeouts will only hit `idle' sessions. Can you tcpdump the connection? If it's the above, it's intended behaviour, not a bug. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)