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Altera_Forum
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20 years ago

A new problem when uses the ftp service by inetd

<<<<My English is not good, please forgives.>>>> When a ftp user will connect the server, inetd then starts a ftpd process, but when the ftp user will disconnect, the ftpd process did not e...
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20 years ago

You&#39;re right, at the end of the main function, the ftp server goes into an infinite loop looking for commands to parse but it doesn&#39;t check for a closed socket.

As quirky as it sounds, you need to send a "quit" command at the end of your session in order for the ftp server to shut down.