Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:16:52 -0500 (EST) From: Daniel Feenberg <feenberg@nber.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: tnftpd conversions feature Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.64.1202211849010.7656@nber6>
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I have been trying to use tnftpd's conversion feature with programs of my
own design instead of gzip or tar. However, it seems for every program I
write, when the conversion feature is called for I get the following
response:
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||19158|)
This doesn't happen when I just "get" a file, unless the conversion
feature is invoked. Also, my program is in fortran, and if I include
a "getarg" command, the following message is returned by my ftp client:
226-Command returned an exit status of 1
226-Command error messages:
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: environment corrupt; missing value for a"(
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: environment corrupt; aborting
226 Transfer complete.
instead of the standard output of my conversion. Running under 7.1 I got
the same message, but also the correct file was transferred. Under 8.1 I
don't get the file.
I am running tnftpd in a chroot environment, and the program works fine if
I login to the server and do:
chroot /var/ftp
cd tmp
./program <test
where "program" is the compiled fortran program. I have compiled with and
without the "-static" option, same results.
I can't find any tnftpd mailing list - is there somewhere better than
freebsd-questions? Would the netbsd mailing list be out of place (it comes
from netbsd). Is there an alternative ftp daemon with the conversion
feature, other than the no longer supported wu-ftpd? (Pure-ftpd doesn't
mention /etc/ftpconversion in its docs). Apparently the Solaris and Mac
ftp daemons do support ftpconversions, but I don't know the source of
their server, or if it is available.
Daniel Feenberg
feenberg@nber.org
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