Subject: Re: Help, not timing out connections

From: [email-masked] (Harald Milz)
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 20:47 +0100 (MET)

Pacific InterConnect Support ([email-masked]) wrote:

> I have installed wu-ftp, and have a small problem.
> It is not timing out users at all. I have ftp processes hanging around
> for days before I kill them manually, and of course this causes the
> maximum limit of anonymous ftp's to be reached often.

Yeah, this bug has been known for long and was said to be fixed in the
2.4.2-beta5 version. Im running the beta5 on AIX 4.1.2 and must say the bug
is still fine. 

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From: Shane Castle <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 07:19:45 -0600 (MDT)

>2.4.2-beta5 version. Im running the beta5 on AIX 4.1.2 and must say the bug

Hmm, I am running wu-ftpd-2.4 on AIX 3.2.5 and am NOT having this
problem.  I was until I examined the source code ad realized that if
you specify the "-t" option then you MUST follow it immediately with
the numeric timeout, with NO SPACE between the "-t" and the number,
thus:

    ftpd -lio -t1800

If you have "-t 1800" then ftpd will detect the "1800" as an
unrecognized option and will not associate it with the preceding "-t".

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From: Vidiot <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 09:36:43 -0500 (CDT)

Shane Castle wrote:

<On Thu Oct 12 13:47:00 1995, Harald Milz wrote:
<>Pacific InterConnect Support ([email-masked]) wrote:
<
<>> I have installed wu-ftp, and have a small problem.
<>> It is not timing out users at all. I have ftp processes hanging around
<>> for days before I kill them manually, and of course this causes the
<>> maximum limit of anonymous ftp's to be reached often.
<
<>Yeah, this bug has been known for long and was said to be fixed in the
<>2.4.2-beta5 version. Im running the beta5 on AIX 4.1.2 and must say the bug
<>is still fine. 
<
<Hmm, I am running wu-ftpd-2.4 on AIX 3.2.5 and am NOT having this
<problem.  I was until I examined the source code ad realized that if
<you specify the "-t" option then you MUST follow it immediately with
<the numeric timeout, with NO SPACE between the "-t" and the number,
<thus:
<
<    ftpd -lio -t1800
<
<If you have "-t 1800" then ftpd will detect the "1800" as an
<unrecognized option and will not associate it with the preceding "-t".

I have the following and also have the problem (SunOS 4.1.3_U1):

	in.ftpd -l -a -T1200

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