Pure-ftpd problems and work-around ( was Re: inetd )

[albi]

Peter Garrett wrote:

> As an experiment, i just installed pure-ftpd to see if I could work out
> what your issue might be.
> 
> Conclusion: There seems to be a problem with the start-up script 
> 
> Running  " sudo /etc/init.d/pure-ftpd start"  (or restart) does not start
> the daemon. I don't know enough bash to find the problem, at least not
> quickly, but what *does* seem to work is a straight
> 
> sudo pure-ftpd
> 
> then Ctrl +Z to suspend, followed by " bg" to background it. You could
> "disown" it to keep it running

out of curiosity i've just installed pure-ftpd on ubuntu breezy,
the problem lies here : /etc/default/pure-ftpd-common

by default it is configured to run via inetd, and that is not installed
on my system (is that default in breezy ?)

changing the line
STANDALONE_OR_INETD=inetd

in :
STANDALONE_OR_INETD=standalone

does make the /etc/init.d/pure-ftpd script fully usable

(so, this looks like a bug to me)

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