It seems I must be asking the wrong question here :). Is it possible that my problem may be resolved by running proftpd through xinetd? Please let me know if I should be addressing this question somewhere else.
Thank you >I have this very strange problem. >I am runing proftpd in standalone mode as a service registered with >cugrunsrv. The service starts and runs fine when I reboot the system. >However I have found that I cannot login to through ftp unless I am running >a shell in cygwin. If the shell isn't runnning I get the following: > >Status: Connecting to localhost ... >Status: Connected with localhost. Waiting for welcome message... >Response: 220 ProFTPD 1.2.9 Server (ProFTPD Default Installation) >[my_computer]Command: USER my_win_username >Response: 331 Password required for my_win_username. >Command: PASS ******* >Response: 530 Login incorrect. >Error: Unable to connect! > >Now if I run cygwin then I can log in appropriately with now problems. I >would like to be able to use proftpd without having a user logged on to the >system at all. Any help woud be greatly appreciated. >** I am using the default basic configuration file for proftpd -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
