Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 17:45:48 +0000 From: Frank Leonhardt <freebsd-doc@fjl.co.uk> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ftpd.conf and motd not consulted by ftpd Message-ID: <6959d1f8-8d6d-0723-7083-fa8da3d5a2ef@fjl.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <d5af7bf7-145a-8436-4b41-26c9d2de758a@nber.org> References: <d5af7bf7-145a-8436-4b41-26c9d2de758a@nber.org>
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On 16/02/2022 15:29, Daniel Feenberg wrote: > > My ftp server ignores the /usr/local/etc/ftpd.conf. > > I installed the tnftpd server in my FreeBSD 13.0 system with > > pkg add tnftpd > > uncommented the ftp line in inetd.conf and specified > inetd_enable="YES" in rc.conf. The system now serves files, but > doesn't seem to consult the optional ftpd.conf or motd files in > /usr/local/etc. I also tried putting those files in /etc and > specifying the location in inetd.conf with the -c option. No effect. > The files are world readable. I don't see an error message in messages > or xferlog - is there another location to look for messages? It seems > like there would be someplace for ftpd to complain about the > configuration files. Note that the problem probably isn't an error in > ftpd.conf itself, since motd is also ignored. > > My guess would be you're not using the ftp server you think you are. I don't know what comes on 13, but there was always an ftpd as part of the base system; the one used by inetd. What I'm sure about is the motd system has changed in FreeBSD 13 - it doesn't work the way it always used to. It doesn't read the file, it's produced by a daemon for some reason: progress I think. Regards, Frank.
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