Installing proftpd

[Gabriel Dragffy]

Gabriel Dragffy wrote:
> Pete Holsberg wrote:
>> Gabriel Dragffy keyed the following on 4/28/2007 6:18 AM:
>>> Pete Holsberg wrote:
>>>   
>>>> I followed <http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=79588> to install 
>>>> proftpd on Kubuntu 6.10, and got this message:
>>>>
>>>> "ProFTPd is started from inetd/xinetd"
>>>>
>>>> I don't have either of those files. What do I do?
>>>>
>>>>     
>>> I think you need to make ProFTP run in Daemon mode. I *think* there is a 
>>> file in /etc/defaults for proftp, try editing this and telling it to run 
>>> as a daemon, or to listen.
>>>
>>> Sorry I can't be more specific, it's years since I ran proftpd, recently 
>>> I favour vsftpd.
>>>   
>> I decided to install vsftpd instead. Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
> 
> Well the 'turning point' for me was that Proftpd was in Universe, 
> whereas vsftpd is in main. Only main packages get security updates, 
> really important for web services, and particularly so with ftp.
> 
> 

sorry for the repeated posts, experiencing some probs with yandex :(