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#21
Originally Posted by Bratag View Post
so it is. Well we can but wait. Thanks
I saw it about an hour or so ago when I polled Extras-devel on my N900
 
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#22
Originally Posted by les_garten View Post
I saw it about an hour or so ago when I polled Extras-devel on my N900
Yeah its there - but for some reason when I built the admn deb it included the entire pathname of the build tree as the location for the config ... sigh, this would be a lot easier if I could just upload the darn deb myself.
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Originally Posted by Bratag View Post
I have just compiled proftpd for my N900. For those that don't know its an ftp server. Just want to know if its worth putting it up in the repo. It has been optified so should be ok to install for everyone.
Hi and thanks for the effort ... do you know how to automatically start proftpd server on N900 system startup?

I tried configuring /etc/event.d/proftpd startup script like this:
Code:
Nokia-N900-42-11:/etc/event.d# cat proftpd
start on stopped rcS

console output

respawn

pre-start script
    if [ ! -d /home/opt/var/proftpd ] ; then
        mkdir /home/opt/var/proftpd
        chmod 755 /home/opt/var/proftpd
    fi
end script

exec /home/opt/sbin/proftpd -c /opt/etc/proftpd.conf
Nokia-N900-42-11:/etc/event.d#
But it doesn't start on system startup.

If I run initctl start proftpd from the prompt then it starts fine:
Code:
Nokia-N900-42-11:/etc/event.d# initctl start proftpd
proftpd (start) waiting
proftpd (start) starting
proftpd (start) pre-start, process 1924
proftpd (start) spawned, process 1925
proftpd (start) post-start, (main) process 1925
proftpd (start) running, process 1925
Nokia-N900-42-11:/etc/event.d#
Any idea?
 
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oh man this is so cool
 
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I am going to try another release hopefully today to fix the pathing issue with the config file. I will try and include a startup script that can be copied into the /etc/init.d dir.
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Originally Posted by Bratag View Post
I am going to try another release hopefully today to fix the pathing issue with the config file. I will try and include a startup script that can be copied into the /etc/init.d dir.
Hi, Bratag and thanks for prompt response... it seems that N900 uses upstart (/etc/event.d/<jobname>) to initiate programs and daemons at boot time... that could be the way.
 
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I'm new to to linux and proftpd. I gather I have to start this program from the X-terminal? what code should I use? just typing:
/etc/event.d# initctl start proftpd
doesn't work.
 
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Originally Posted by RDJEHV View Post
I'm new to to linux and proftpd. I gather I have to start this program from the X-terminal? what code should I use? just typing:
/etc/event.d# initctl start proftpd
doesn't work.
/opt/sbin/proftpd - however the existing build doesnt have the config file in the right spot (you of course have to configure the config file regardless of where it is). I am rebuilding it now in an effort to fix the pathing on the config as we speak
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I'll just be patient then
 
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Originally Posted by Bratag View Post
/opt/sbin/proftpd - however the existing build doesnt have the config file in the right spot (you of course have to configure the config file regardless of where it is). I am rebuilding it now in an effort to fix the pathing on the config as we speak
My proftpd configuration /opt/etc/proftpd.conf is:
Code:
Nokia-N900-42-11:/etc/event.d# cat /opt/etc/proftpd.conf
# This is a basic ProFTPD configuration file (rename it to
# 'proftpd.conf' for actual use.  It establishes a single server
# and a single anonymous login.  It assumes that you have a user/group
# "nobody" and "ftp" for normal operation and anon.

ServerName                      "ProFTPD Default Installation"
ServerType                      standalone
DefaultServer                   on

# Port 21 is the standard FTP port.
Port                            21

# Don't use IPv6 support by default.
UseIPv6                         off

# Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new dirs and files
# from being group and world writable.
Umask                           022

# To prevent DoS attacks, set the maximum number of child processes
# to 30.  If you need to allow more than 30 concurrent connections
# at once, simply increase this value.  Note that this ONLY works
# in standalone mode, in inetd mode you should use an inetd server
# that allows you to limit maximum number of processes per service
# (such as xinetd).
MaxInstances                    30

# Set the user and group under which the server will run.
User                            nobody
Group                           nogroup

# To cause every FTP user to be "jailed" (chrooted) into their home
# directory, uncomment this line.
#DefaultRoot ~

# Normally, we want files to be overwriteable.
AllowOverwrite          on

# Bar use of SITE CHMOD by default
<Limit SITE_CHMOD>
  DenyAll
</Limit>

RootLogin on
DelayTable /home/opt/var/proftpd/proftpd.delay
PidFile /home/opt/var/proftpd/proftpd.pid
ScoreboardFile /home/opt/var/proftpd/proftpd.scoreboard

## A basic anonymous configuration, no upload directories.  If you do not
## want anonymous users, simply delete this entire <Anonymous> section.
#<Anonymous ~ftp>
#  User                         ftp
#  Group                                ftp
#
#  # We want clients to be able to login with "anonymous" as well as "ftp"
#  UserAlias                    anonymous ftp
#
#  # Limit the maximum number of anonymous logins
#  MaxClients                   10
#
#  # We want 'welcome.msg' displayed at login, and '.message' displayed
#  # in each newly chdired directory.
#  DisplayLogin                 welcome.msg
#  DisplayChdir                 .message
#
#  # Limit WRITE everywhere in the anonymous chroot
#  <Limit WRITE>
#    DenyAll
#  </Limit>
#</Anonymous>
Nokia-N900-42-11:/etc/event.d#
My startup proftpd job /etc/event.d/proftpd is:
Code:
Nokia-N900-42-11:/etc/event.d# cat /etc/event.d/proftpd
start on stopped rcS

console output

respawn

pre-start script
    df -k > /tmp/upstart.log
    if [ ! -d /home/opt/var/proftpd ] ; then
        mkdir /home/opt/var/proftpd
        chmod 755 /home/opt/var/proftpd
    fi
end script

exec /home/opt/sbin/proftpd -c /opt/etc/proftpd.conf
Nokia-N900-42-11:/etc/event.d#
First line in pre-start script section of /etc/event.d/proftpd is:
df -k > /tmp/upstart.log
I want to see if relevant "opt" file systems are already mounted... well guess what... they are not!!!

Code:
Nokia-N900-42-11:/tmp# cat /tmp/upstart.log
Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs                  233224    163652     65292  71% /
ubi0:rootfs             233224    163652     65292  71% /
tmpfs                     1024         4      1020   0% /tmp
tmpfs                      256         8       248   3% /var/run
none                     10240        80     10160   1% /dev
tmpfs                    65536         4     65532   0% /dev/shm
Nokia-N900-42-11:/tmp#
I then try to put some delay inside /etc/event.d/proftpd file and wait for the existence of "opt"-ed /home/opt/sbin/proftpd executable:

Code:
Nokia-N900-42-11:/tmp# vi /etc/event.d/proftpd
start on stopped rcS

console output

respawn

pre-start script
    # Let's wait till "opt" stuff gets mounted
    while [ ! -e /home/opt/sbin/proftpd ]; do
       sleep 5
    done
    # "opt" stuff should be mounted when script reaches here

    df -k > /tmp/upstart.log
    if [ ! -d /home/opt/var/proftpd ] ; then
        mkdir /home/opt/var/proftpd
        chmod 755 /home/opt/var/proftpd
    fi
end script

exec /home/opt/sbin/proftpd -c /opt/etc/proftpd.conf
And NOW WE ARE TALKING!!!
Proftpd server gets automagically started on each reboot!!!

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