Re: vsftp in stand-alone mode (?)

Malcolm wrote:

Henk Oegema wrote:

Theo v. Werkhoven wrote:

The carbonbased lifeform Henk Oegema inspired alt.os.linux.suse
with:
Lorenzo `paulatz' Paulatto wrote:

Henk Oegema ha scritto:
What is the meaning of running vsftpd in stand-alone mode ?
(listen =YES in vsftpd.conf)
Is there also something like non stand-alone mode?

yes, it is runned by xinetd, and it works like charm, as long as
it's on a low traffic server. Xinetd can start almost any server,
just when needed.



It is still not clear to me what stand-alone mode means.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-alone


Another question:
What is the difference of starting vsftp by xinetd compared to
starting it with a scrip in /etc/init.d ? (as described in
http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/14689.html)

Why don't you just try it instead of asking "lazy" questions?

Try what?
Theo
Hi
If you start the server application via run-level it will be running
all the time.
If you start the server application via xinetd it will launch the
server application when it's in required. If you start xinetd and then
look for the process (eg vsftpd) it will not be running. When someone
requires the ftp service, you will then see the process running. Try
it from the localhost.

Thanks very much for your clear answer !!
Rgds
Henk
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