[NCLUG] Another simple FTP question

[Quent]

Hi,

 Maybe there's still an entry in /etc/inetd.conf and removal
of the RPM maybe didn't get everything. Another possibility is that
it's running as a standalone daemon, in which case "chkconfig --list |
grep ftp" might turn up a clue, assuming all your daemons are started
by scripts in init.d. Hope this helps.

	Quent

On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 04:43:14PM +0000, dobbster wrote:
> A newbie question from a not-complete-newbie:
> 
> I still haven't completely disabled anonymous FTP, it seems.  I have
> removed the anon-ftp RPM and ftp is in /etc/ftpusers (but not in
> /etc/passwd).  The result is that bad guys try to anonymously FTP into
> the system, and receive "anonymous FTP ok, enter email as password", and
> are then rejected.  My portsentry logs show dozens of anon ftp attempts
> nightly, which annoy me.  
> 
> This must be frustrating for them, but I still feel I'm missing
> something extremely obvious.  How do I turn it off altogether, so that
> when they enter "anonymous" it tells them NO immediately?  I figure it's
> got to be something in /etc/ftpaccess, but I've read the man pages again
> and again, and the HOW-TO's again and again, and I've done web searches
> many times.
> 
> I've puzzled over this one for so long...  The answer is so simple... 
> Please?
> 
> (I still haven't converted to encrypted FTP, because of what I call "The
> Law of Motivation Conservation" - Just like you need a large force to
> generate a tiny acceleration of a large mass, you need tremendous
> hounding overcome the inertial laziness within a user.  Has anyone else
> noticed this empirical phenomena?  Perhaps it could be modeled into
> GNUton's laws of user mechanics or something.  Bad puns, never mind.)
> 
> Mark (dobbster at dobbster.com)
> 
> P.S. I had 100% intended to make it to Panhandler's last night for my
> first NCLUG meeting (I post so frequently I feel I have a moral
> responsibility, plus I direly need to network with some folks), but at 4
> p.m. I received a call from a friend whose HP Pavillion had bit the dust
> for the fourth time in six months.  I spent the evening reinstalling
> Winblows on it.  Which reminds me of another question: These horrid new
> Pavillions seem like a nightmare for Linux.  Their sound card and modem
> have drivers glued together; the on-board modem won't work without the
> on-board sound card.  I guess this saves the cost of a $2 modem
> speaker.  I've never successfully made the modem work on one of these
> machines.  Any experience or advice?
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