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From: Soren Dossing <sauber@netcom.com>
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Subject: ftp/tcp server failing (looping)
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After approx. 250 sessions, my ftp server terminates temporarily with this
message: 

Feb 10 12:14:01 host inetd[99]: ftp/tcp server failing (looping), service
terminated

After this it refuses to accept any ftp connects for a few minutes. Why ? 
And how do I solve it ? 

I run freebsd-2.2-beta. The sessions are all from the same computer
downloading the same file from the server over and over again.

Soren