Subject: Re: Unlimited inetd nowait connections [was Re: standalone ftpd?]
To: Mike M. Volokhov <mishka@apk.od.ua>
From: Mike M. Volokhov <mishka@apk.od.ua>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 05/25/2005 17:21:59
On Wed, 25 May 2005 16:58:32 +0300
"Mike M. Volokhov" <mishka@apk.od.ua> wrote:

> On Wed, 25 May 2005 14:42:09 +0200
> "Geert Hendrickx" <geert.hendrickx@ua.ac.be> wrote:
> 
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > is it possible to run /usr/libexec/ftpd as a standalone daemon? (i.e.,
> > not from inetd)  
> > 
> > I had problems running it from inetd since that puts restrictions on the
> > number of connections etc.  I'd like to run ftpd on its own (like you
> > can do with the many other ftp servers from pkgsrc).  
> 
> Let me add my own question:
> 
> Is it possibe to set a number of nowait connections to unlimited value?

While discussing this, is it better to decrease retry timeout
(RETRYTIME) after bind or server fail up to 5 minutes by default (now
it's set to 10)?

--
Mishka.