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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Dev Chanchani <dev@wopr.inetu.net>
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Subject: Re: ftpd hanging around
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On Sat, 18 Oct 1997, Dev Chanchani wrote:

> We run a dedicated FTP server for a client (about 3k - 4k connections per
> month). Many of the ftpd's don't die off after the transfer and keep
> hanging around. Anyone have a solution to this problem, or have any
> suggestions about what is causing it?

How long do they hang around?  What client is the remote using?  what does
ps -ax report for their state?

Sounds like someone isn't QUIT-ing and the ftpd server waits for the
connection to die.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major