Connection refused => ProFTPd

[tim042849]

Hi:
I've installed proftpd as per the instructions at http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty#FTP_Server
While running apt-get, I choose the inetd option.
When I attempt the following command:
sudo /etc/init.d/proftpd restart
I get the following message:
"ProFTPd is started from inetd"
1)What is the *correct* syntax
2)Even when I've rebooted the machine, running
ftp and attempting the command:
`open 192.168.1.3' ## I.P. address of machine
or
`open 127.0.0.1' ## loopback
I get the following error message
"Connection refused"
3)I'm not sure if inetd has even been started, I see no sign of it
from ps -aux. No from dmesg or /var/log/syslog
4)I can't seem to find a "services" item in the KDE menu. Is one
available, if so where?
My /etc/hosts file looks like this:
("## manually edited" = added by me)
#############################
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 bart
192.168.1.3 bart ## manually added
192.168.1.6 linus ## manually added

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
###############################
Any and all suggestions welcome.
thanks
Tim

[penguin.ch]

Re: Connection refused => ProFTPd

http://www.proftpd.org/docs/faq/linked/faq-ch4.html

[tim042849]

Re: Connection refused => ProFTPd (inetd not installed)

Thanks: I followed the following instructions:
Find the line in /etc/inetd.conf that looks something like this:

ftp stream tcp nowait root in.ftpd in.ftpd

Replace it with:

ftp stream tcp nowait root in.proftpd in.proftpd
*however*
Inetd does not appear to be installed.
When I run
apt-get install inetd:
I get the following message:
"""
sudo apt-get install inetd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package inetd is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package inetd has no installation candidate
"""
Does that mean that inetd is part of some other package?
If so, what package?
If not, what now?
thanks again
tim

[tim042849]

Re: Connection refused => ProFTPd

I think the answer is xinetd.
I did install it and it shows as a running service.
I'll test ftp tomorrow and if you don't see me
complaining here tomorrow, we know it's good.
thanks again for the link.
tim

[penguin.ch]

Re: Connection refused => ProFTPd

I think the answer is xinetd

Which is why I've configured my (vs)FTP server to "work on it's own", read: as an independent daemon :P

[tim042849]

Re: Connection refused => ProFTPd

I'm not serving to the "outside world". Just for ad hoc file transfers - tj.