FTP/TCP SERVER FAILING (LOOPING)

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The inetd daemon would stop unexpectedly, and the above message would appear in the log file. Apparently, this is caused by too many ftp processes running per minute. By default, 40 are allowed per minute. But in looking at the log files, it appeared that sometimes ftp sessions were starting every second, which would be 60 in a minute. The solution is to edit /etc/inetd.conf. Change the following line:

ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.ftpd -l -a

to:

ftp stream tcp nowait.120 root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.ftpd -l -a

The 120 means to allow up to 120 spawns per minute, which should be more than enough.