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Date:      Fri, 1 Dec 1995 01:18:05 -0800 (PST)
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com>
To:        dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How do I fix this annoying entry?
Message-ID:  <199512010918.BAA15582@ref.tfs.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951201010013.429A-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> from "Doug White" at Dec 1, 95 01:07:03 am

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Obviously it can't write the PID file..
where have you told it to put it?

> 
> We are running wu-ftpd 2.4 on some FreeBSD boxes here and we keep getting 
> this message whenever someone logs into the ftp server:
> 
> ftpd[435]: open of pid file failed: No such file or directory
> 
> Often followed by:
> 
> last message repeated 4 times (the number varies)
> 
> It always appears regardless if the session is anonymous or not.  I 
> created /usr/anon/var/run in case it is looking there and no go.  Regular 
> ftpd doesn't give this error.
> 
> How can we satisfy wu-ftpd and get rid of this error?    Or at least, how 
> can I find out where it wants to put the pid file?  :)
> 
> Thanks for any help you can provide.
> 
> Doug White                              | Student, University of Oregon
> Internet:  dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Major: Computer Science
> http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Eugene/Spfld BBS List Publisher
> 
> 




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