Package: proftpd-basic Version: 1.3.4a-1 Severity: normal After upgrading to 1.3.4a-1, it is no longer possible to make a connection to proftpd started by xinetd.
Instead of giving the connection message and the username prompt, this happens Connected to ocelot ocelot proftpd[18520]: using PCRE 8.12 2011-01-15 ftp> dir Not connected. ftp> The proftpd log file reports mod_cap/1.1: adding CAP_AUDIT_WRITE capability FTP session opened. Login timeout exceeded, disconnected Session timed out, disconnected FTP session closed. Downgrading back to 1.3.3a-6squeeze4 and all works normally via xinetd. Connected to ocelot. 220 ProFTPD 1.3.3a Server (ocelot) [192.168.11.17] Name (ocelot:miller): This problem is present both on the i386 and amd64 architectures. So why does running proftpd via xinetd no longer work for version 1.3.4a-1? -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages proftpd-basic depends on: ii adduser 3.113 ii debconf 1.5.41 ii debianutils 4.1 ii libacl1 2.2.51-5 ii libc6 2.13-24 ii libcap2 1:2.22-1 ii libncurses5 5.9-4 ii libpam-runtime 1.1.3-6 ii libpam0g 1.1.3-6 ii libpcre3 8.12-4 ii libssl1.0.0 1.0.0g-1 ii libtinfo5 5.9-4 ii libwrap0 7.6.q-22 ii netbase 4.47 ii sed 4.2.1-9 ii ucf 3.0025+nmu2 ii update-inetd 4.41 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 proftpd-basic recommends no packages. Versions of packages proftpd-basic suggests: ii openssl 1.0.0g-1 ii proftpd-doc 1.3.4a-1 ii proftpd-mod-ldap 1.3.4a-1 ii proftpd-mod-mysql <none> ii proftpd-mod-odbc <none> ii proftpd-mod-pgsql <none> ii proftpd-mod-sqlite <none> ii xinetd [inet-superserver] 1:2.3.14-7 -- Configuration Files: /etc/default/proftpd changed: OPTIONS="-d9" RUN="xinetd" /etc/init.d/proftpd changed: PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin DAEMON=/usr/sbin/proftpd NAME=proftpd RUN="no" OPTIONS="" CONFIG_FILE=/etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf PIDFILE=`grep -i 'pidfile' $CONFIG_FILE|sed -e 's/pidfile[\t ]\+//i'` if [ "x$PIDFILE" = "x" ]; then PIDFILE=/var/run/proftpd.pid fi [ -r /etc/default/proftpd ] && . /etc/default/proftpd trap "" 1 trap "" 15 test -f $DAEMON || exit 0 . /lib/lsb/init-functions if ! egrep -qi "^[[:space:]]*ServerType.*standalone" $CONFIG_FILE then if egrep -qi "server[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*/usr/sbin/proftpd" /etc/xinetd.conf 2>/dev/null || \ egrep -qi "server[(_args)]*[[: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" else if ! egrep -qi "^[[:space:]]*ServerType.*inetd" $CONFIG_FILE then RUN="yes" INETD="no" else RUN="no" INETD="no" fi fi fi [ ! -d /var/run/proftpd ] && mkdir /var/run/proftpd inetd_check() { if [ ! -x /usr/sbin/inetd -a ! -x /usr/sbin/xinetd ]; then echo "Neither inetd nor xinetd appears installed: check your configuration." fi } start() { log_daemon_msg "Starting ftp server" "$NAME" start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile "$PIDFILE" --oknodo --exec $DAEMON -- -c $CONFIG_FILE $OPTIONS if [ $? != 0 ]; then log_end_msg 1 exit 1 else log_end_msg 0 fi } signal() { if [ "$1" = "stop" ]; then SIGNAL="TERM" log_daemon_msg "Stopping ftp server" "$NAME" else if [ "$1" = "reload" ]; then SIGNAL="HUP" log_daemon_msg "Reloading ftp server" "$NAME" else echo "ERR: wrong parameter given to signal()" exit 1 fi fi if [ -f "$PIDFILE" ]; then start-stop-daemon --stop --signal $SIGNAL --quiet --pidfile "$PIDFILE" if [ $? = 0 ]; then log_end_msg 0 else SIGNAL="KILL" start-stop-daemon --stop --signal $SIGNAL --quiet --pidfile "$PIDFILE" if [ $? != 0 ]; then log_end_msg 1 [ $2 != 0 ] || exit 0 else log_end_msg 0 fi fi if [ "$SIGNAL" = "KILL" ]; then rm -f "$PIDFILE" fi else log_end_msg 0 fi } case "$1" in start) if [ "x$RUN" = "xyes" ] ; then start else if [ "x$INETD" = "xyes" ] ; then echo "ProFTPD is started from inetd/xinetd." inetd_check else echo "ProFTPD warning: cannot start neither in standalone nor in inetd/xinetd mode. Check your configuration." fi fi ;; force-start) if [ "x$INETD" = "xyes" ] ; then echo "Warning: ProFTPD is started from inetd/xinetd (trying to start anyway)." inetd_check fi start ;; stop) if [ "x$RUN" = "xyes" ] ; then signal stop 0 else if [ "x$INETD" = "xyes" ] ; then echo "ProFTPD is started from inetd/xinetd." inetd_check else echo "ProFTPD warning: cannot start neither in standalone nor in inetd/xinetd mode. Check your configuration." fi fi ;; force-stop) if [ "x$INETD" = "xyes" ] ; then echo "Warning: ProFTPD is started from inetd/xinetd (trying to kill anyway)." inetd_check fi signal stop 0 ;; reload) signal reload 0 ;; force-reload|restart) if [ "x$RUN" = "xyes" ] ; then signal stop 1 sleep 2 start else if [ "x$INETD" = "xyes" ] ; then echo "ProFTPD is started from inetd/xinetd." inetd_check else echo "ProFTPD warning: cannot start neither in standalone nor in inetd/xinetd mode. Check your configuration." fi fi ;; status) if [ "x$INETD" = "xyes" ] ; then echo "ProFTPD is started from inetd/xinetd." inetd_check exit 0 else if [ -f "$PIDFILE" ]; then pid=$(cat $PIDFILE) else pid="x" fi if [ `pidof proftpd|grep "$pid"|wc -l` -ne 0 ] ; then echo "ProFTPD is started in standalone mode, currently running." exit 0 else echo "ProFTPD is started in standalone mode, currently not running." exit 3 fi fi ;; check-config) $DAEMON -t >/dev/null && echo "ProFTPD configuration OK" && exit 0 exit 1 ;; *) echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$NAME {start|status|force-start|stop|force-stop|reload|restart|force-reload|check-config}" exit 1 ;; esac exit 0 /etc/xinetd.d/proftpd: #*****************************************************************************1# #| #| file : /etc/xinetd.d/proftpd #| #*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*# # # description : The proftpd server provides FTP service. # #.............................................................................# # service ftp { bind = 192.168.11.17 disable = no flags = NAMEINARGS REUSE log_on_failure += USERID log_on_success += DURATION USERID nice = 10 port = 21 protocol = tcp server = /usr/sbin/tcpd server_args = /usr/sbin/proftpd -d3 socket_type = stream user = root wait = no } # #*****************************************************************************# -- debconf information: * shared/proftpd/inetd_or_standalone: standalone -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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