[lug] wu-ftpd settings problem - xinetd settings ?

[Chuck Morrison]

Hi,

I'm having a problem with the default setup for wu-ftpd as per the default 
RH7.1 server install. It works fine except that prior to giving the login 
prompt it attempts to find the identity of the user on his/her client 
machine. This results in a 30 second timeout if the ftp client doesn't comply 
with this request. 

The wu-ftpd FAQ gives this very precise suggestion:

"Logins to the ftp server take a long time, after that things run smooth 

Possible causes: IDENT (RFC931) lookup is enabled in wu-ftpd. This has a 
timeout of 10 seconds. If the protocol (port 113) gets blocked by a firewall 
or suchlike, it will wait for timeout. If it is 30 seconds and you are using 
redhat 7.x with xinetd, <<YES!!>>>  disable AUTH in inetd as well. Any other 
time period: DNS is broken for the IP address the connection is coming from. "

There is no inetd or inetd.conf on this server. There is an xinetd.conf, but 
no clue in the xinetd.conf file or man page about turning off AUTH for any 
service. This should be really simple but I haven't had to deal with AUTH 
before and don't know what to try. Any clues anyone can give me ?

Chuck Morrison
cmorrison at greeleynet.com