Simon Heaton wrote:
By default, it appears that inetd/xinetd is NOT enabled. I use xinetd rather than inetd as there is more control over configuration. To enable startup/shutdown of inetd (xinetd) place symbolic links in /etc/init.d/rc3.d and /etc/init.d/rc5.d. The configuration file for xinetd is /etc/xinetd.conf (and for inetd is /etc/inetd.conf).
Manually putting symbolic links in /etc/rcX.d is not the elegant way. chkconfig --add xinetd Also, a gotcha for /etc/xinetd.conf: pay attention to the "instances" parameter that has a global default of 2, which is insufficient in most cases.
I use to use proftpd as the ftp daemon but there have been some security problems to instead I now use vsftpd. Configuration file for this is /etc/vsftpd.conf
OpenBSD demon ported to linux might be the solution if you need a quick way to have ftp. There is no configuration to do, it works out of the box; can't have quicker than that. If you decide to go with vsftpd, modify in /etc/xinetd.conf the ftp service to start vsftpd. -- Silviu Marin-Caea Systems Engineer Linux/Unix http://www.genesys.ro Phone +40723-267961