Subject: Re: ftpd never dies (again)
To: Eric Delcamp <e.delcamp@wanadoo.fr>
From: Allen Briggs <briggs@canolog.ninthwonder.com>
List: current-users
Date: 03/27/1999 17:24:49
> I don't think these dialup users stay logged on for 3-4 weeks without
> disconnecting... ;)  (The oldest ftpd processes had been hanging around
> since February..)  And they were all in that STOR state, according to ps.

I'm seeing this too, it seems to happen when remote users get cut off
due to network lossage of one sort or another.  I see it in STOR or RETR
or sometimes LIST.  netstat lists the connections as ESTABLISHED.

-allen