Subject: How to make xferlog work with wu-ftpd 2.4.2 BETA 5

From: [email-masked] (Sylvain Juteau)
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 22:41:53 -0400

Hello everyone,

I really need help!  I installed wu-ftpd 2.4.2 BETA 5 on my linux machine
(slackware 1.3.9.) over my old wu-ftpd 2.4.  Now, I am unable to make the
xferlog working!

Here the message from ckconfig:
«Checking _PATH_XFERLOG :: /var/adm/ftpd/xferlog
 I can't find it ...
Don't worry, it will be created automatically by the server if you do
transfe logging.»

But the problem is that it does not create one!  Using a man ftpd, it said
that I had to use the «-i» option.  So I added it to my inetd.conf file.
Here is how it looks:

ftp   stream   tcp  nowait  root   /usr/sbin/tcpd    /usr/sbin/wu.ftpd -i

After that I made a kill -HUP command, but it still does not work.  When I
was with the old version, the xferlog worked perfectly.

Is there someone that can help me? (If I did a silly mistake, don't worry I
will be severely punished :-)  )

A votre service

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From: Yanming PENG <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 95 15:33:37 WETDST

> that I had to use the =AB-i=BB option.  So I added it to my inetd.conf file.
> Here is how it looks:
> 
It need -a to use ftpaccess file.

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From: "The best things in life ... are fantasy." <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 12:10:56 -0400 (EDT)

I don't use the -a option but the ftpaccess file is being used. At least
under old Sunos (pre-solaris) this seems to be the default. This is merely
an observation. I am quite happy that it worked this way for me.

PCVS