----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin Jack" <colin (at mark) mainline.co.uk>
To: <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 10:57 AM
Subject: [coba-e:16193] Re: Slow login
>
> No, leave it to "inetd". Usually Proftpd is launched through Xinetd, so
> you
> don't start it by running "/etc/init.d/proftpd start" but by running
> "/etc/init.d/xinetd restart".
>
> The "Socket operation on non-socket" probably happened because it was
> already
> running through Xinetd when you tried to restart it in Standalone mode.
>
> --
> With best regards,
>
> Michael Stauber
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> Of course ... it's been a long few days :-/
>
> Thanks
>
> Colin
>
>
>
To negate the slow dns resolution
Try adding this to your proftpd.conf
IdentLookups off
It would be within the <Global> </Global> area.
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