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

[D. Stimits]

Chuck Morrison wrote:
> 
> 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
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I'm making a guess here to some extent. You need to go to
/etc/xinetd.d/, and edit file wu-ftpd. In that file is a line like:
server_args     = -l -a

I believe you need to try adding a "-I":
server_args     = -l -a -I

Then run:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd restart

Give that a try.

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com