Hi !

I am using Solaris 9 and Sun's ftp server (in.ftpd). Since there are 50 
ftp connections per minute toward my server, wtmpx rapidly increases.
Is there any way to disable logging into wtmpx for ftp service ?

thx

miki.miska@email.si wrote:
> I am using Solaris 9 and Sun's ftp server (in.ftpd). Since there are 50 
> ftp connections per minute toward my server, wtmpx rapidly increases.
> Is there any way to disable logging into wtmpx for ftp service ?

man in.ftpd

  -W    Do not record user login and logout in the  wtmpx(4) file.

In article <db87e5$2s$1@news.mie>, delrio@mie.utoronto.ca says...
> miki.miska@email.si wrote:
> > I am using Solaris 9 and Sun's ftp server (in.ftpd). Since there are 50 
> > ftp connections per minute toward my server, wtmpx rapidly increases.
> > Is there any way to disable logging into wtmpx for ftp service ?
> 
> man in.ftpd
> 
>   -W    Do not record user login and logout in the  wtmpx(4) file.
> 
man in.ftpd has only -l -d and -t option. 

NAME
     in.ftpd, ftpd - file transfer protocol server

SYNOPSIS
     in.ftpd  [ -dl ]  [ -t timeout ]

In article <MPG.1d41f543d48d73a1989698@news.siol.net>,
 <miki.miska@email.si> wrote:

> In article <db87e5$2s$1@news.mie>, delrio@mie.utoronto.ca says...
> > miki.miska@email.si wrote:
> > > I am using Solaris 9 and Sun's ftp server (in.ftpd). Since there are 50 
> > > ftp connections per minute toward my server, wtmpx rapidly increases.
> > > Is there any way to disable logging into wtmpx for ftp service ?
> > 
> > man in.ftpd
> > 
> >   -W    Do not record user login and logout in the  wtmpx(4) file.
> > 
> man in.ftpd has only -l -d and -t option. 
> 
> NAME
>      in.ftpd, ftpd - file transfer protocol server
> 
> SYNOPSIS
>      in.ftpd  [ -dl ]  [ -t timeout ]

Then I think you need to investigate 3rd-party ftpd servers.  Some are 
free, some aren't.  They offer more features than SUN's in.ftpd.  I've 
heard that SUN distributes wufptd but I don't recall if it's on Solaris 
9.  There are others:

http://www.wuftpd.org/
http://www.ncftpd.com/
http://www.proftpd.org/
http://www.pureftpd.org/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/vsftpd/?topic_id=89

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miki.miska@email.si wrote:

>>man in.ftpd
>>
>>  -W    Do not record user login and logout in the  wtmpx(4) file.
>>
> 
> man in.ftpd has only -l -d and -t option. 

Check Sunsolve for updates/patches.

This is from a Solaris 9 server:

NAME
      in.ftpd, ftpd - File Transfer Protocol Server

SYNOPSIS
      in.ftpd [-A] [-a] [-d] [-I] [-i] [-L] [-l]  [-o]  [-P  data-
      port]  [-p  ctrlport]  [-Q]  [-q] [-r rootdir] [-S] [-s] [-T
      maxtimeout] [-t timeout] [-u umask] [-V] [-v] [-W] [-w] [-X]

[snip]

      Availability  | SUNWftpu

% strings /usr/sbin/in.ftpd | grep Version
Version wu-2.6.2+Sun


I do not remember when Sun switched to wu-ftpd.

miki.miska@email.si wrote:

> man in.ftpd has only -l -d and -t option. 

Are you sure you have Solaris 9?
It seems Solaris 9 has always had wu-ftpd.
Solaris 8 and earlier had Sun ftpd with only -[ldt] options.

In article <db8mhv$41o$1@news.mie>, delrio@mie.utoronto.ca says...
> miki.miska@email.si wrote:
> 
> > man in.ftpd has only -l -d and -t option. 
> 
> Are you sure you have Solaris 9?
> It seems Solaris 9 has always had wu-ftpd.
> Solaris 8 and earlier had Sun ftpd with only -[ldt] options.
> 
Yp, Sol8. Will try to find find a patch over ftp server.

In article <MPG.1d448c8e37f4e17d989699@news.siol.net>, 
miki.miska@email.si says...
> In article <db8mhv$41o$1@news.mie>, delrio@mie.utoronto.ca says...
> > miki.miska@email.si wrote:
> > 
> > > man in.ftpd has only -l -d and -t option. 
> > 
> > Are you sure you have Solaris 9?
> > It seems Solaris 9 has always had wu-ftpd.
> > Solaris 8 and earlier had Sun ftpd with only -[ldt] options.
> > 
> Yp, Sol8. Will try to find find a patch over ftp server.
> 
> 
Oops, I meant solaris 9.