Package: proftpd-basic
Version: 1.3.2b-2
Severity: normal
The init-script installed with proftpd-basic is not able
to properly detect the use of xinetd as superserver.
In November 2007, xinetd_1:2.3.14-3 stopped using dpkg-divert
when replacing the netkit-inetd superserver:
xinetd has an -inetd_compat mode that renders it suitable for being an
inet-superserver, instead of clumsily divert netkit-inetd.
Nowadays, xinetd silently removes openbsd-inetd, without any use
of dpkg-divert. Still there is to the present day a test in
/etc/init.d/proftpd that uses dpkg-divert. Since this test always
fails, proftpd-basic is never able to detect the case that the
administrator has chosen a setup where ftp is not set active
(for compatibility) in /etc/inetd.conf, yet ftp is indeed activated
for service by xinetd, either in /etc/xinetd.conf, or in
/etc/xinetd.d/proftpd, say.
Thus a properly functional init-script must always check
whether the case when proftpd used in inetd-mode, in fact
activates ftp/proftpd in either of these three locations:
/etc/xinetd.conf
/etc/xinetd.d/*
/etc/inetd.conf
Presently, the first two possibilities are conditionally
ignored of the above reasons. The present effect that there
can be a log message saying that proftpd is not active neither
by inetd, nor by xinetd, in case /etc/inetd.conf is not used,
but /etc/xinetd.d/proftpd is. Yet a simple and successful call
"ftp localhost" easily provides the desired contradiction.
The following patch would mend this suboptimal behaviour:
# Description: Remove outdated test using dpkg-divert.
# File: /etc/init.d/proftpd
# Author: Mats Erik Andersson <deb...@gisladisker.se>
--- /etc/init.d/proftpd.orig
+++ /etc/init.d/proftpd
@@ -45,10 +45,9 @@
#
if ! egrep -qi "^[[:space:]]*ServerType.*standalone" /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf
then
- if [ $(dpkg-divert --list xinetd|wc -l) -eq 1 ]
- then
if egrep -qi "server[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*/usr/sbin/proftpd"
/etc/xinetd.conf 2>/dev/null || \
- egrep -qi "server[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*/usr/sbin/proftpd"
/etc/xinetd.d/* 2>/dev/null
+ egrep -qi "server[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*/usr/sbin/proftpd"
/etc/xinetd.d/* 2>/dev/null || \
+ egrep -qi "^ftp.*/usr/sbin/proftpd" /etc/inetd.conf 2>/dev/null
then
RUN="no"
INETD="yes"
@@ -62,22 +61,6 @@
INETD="no"
fi
fi
- else
- if egrep -qi "^ftp.*/usr/sbin/proftpd" /etc/inetd.conf 2>/dev/null
- then
- RUN="no"
- INETD="yes"
- else
- if ! egrep -qi "^[[:space:]]*ServerType.*inetd"
/etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf
- then
- RUN="yes"
- INETD="no"
- else
- RUN="no"
- INETD="no"
- fi
- fi
- fi
fi
# /var/run could be on a tmpfs
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=sv_SE, LC_CTYPE=sv_SE (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages proftpd-basic depends on:
ii adduser 3.111 add and remove users and groups
ii debconf 1.5.28 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 3.2.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii libacl1 2.2.49-1 Access control list shared library
ii libattr1 1:2.4.44-1 Extended attribute shared library
ii libc6 2.10.2-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcap2 1:2.17-2 support for getting/setting POSIX.
ii libncurses5 5.7+20090803-2 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libpam-runtime 1.1.0-4 Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii libpam0g 1.1.0-4 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8k-7 SSL shared libraries
ii libwrap0 7.6.q-18 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii netbase 4.37 Basic TCP/IP networking system
ii sed 4.2.1-4 The GNU sed stream editor
ii ucf 3.0025 Update Configuration File: preserv
ii xinetd [inet-superserver] 1:2.3.14-7 replacement for inetd with many en
proftpd-basic recommends no packages.
Versions of packages proftpd-basic suggests:
ii openssl 0.9.8k-7 Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary a
pn proftpd-doc <none> (no description available)
pn proftpd-mod-ldap <none> (no description available)
pn proftpd-mod-mysql <none> (no description available)
pn proftpd-mod-odbc <none> (no description available)
pn proftpd-mod-pgsql <none> (no description available)
pn proftpd-mod-sqlite <none> (no description available)
-- debconf information:
* shared/proftpd/inetd_or_standalone: from inetd
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