Re: proftpd TLS

2009-05-20 Thread alexus
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 5:43 PM, wrote: > alexus wrote: >> ... i guess my main concern it not to run it as root now > > AFAIK it is normal for a daemon to run as root if it expects to > receive login credentials: > > * For any but the most minimal authentication scheme, it must be >  root to aut

Re: proftpd TLS

2009-05-20 Thread perryh
alexus wrote: > ... i guess my main concern it not to run it as root now AFAIK it is normal for a daemon to run as root if it expects to receive login credentials: * For any but the most minimal authentication scheme, it must be root to authenticate the credentials. (A scheme which enables an

Re: proftpd TLS

2009-05-20 Thread alexus
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 4:57 PM, alexus wrote: > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Mel Flynn > wrote: >> On Wednesday 20 May 2009 16:13:15 alexus wrote: >>> On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Mel Flynn >>> >>> wrote: >>> > On Tuesday 19 May 2009 21:18:48 alexus wrote: >>> >> On Tue, May 19, 2009 a

Re: proftpd TLS

2009-05-20 Thread alexus
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Mel Flynn wrote: > On Wednesday 20 May 2009 16:13:15 alexus wrote: >> On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Mel Flynn >> >> wrote: >> > On Tuesday 19 May 2009 21:18:48 alexus wrote: >> >> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Mehul Ved wrote: >> >> > On Tue, May 19, 2009

Re: proftpd TLS

2009-05-20 Thread Mel Flynn
On Wednesday 20 May 2009 16:13:15 alexus wrote: > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Mel Flynn > > wrote: > > On Tuesday 19 May 2009 21:18:48 alexus wrote: > >> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Mehul Ved wrote: > >> > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:14 PM, alexus wrote: > >> >> i start it as a root, bu

Re: proftpd TLS

2009-05-20 Thread alexus
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:18 AM, alexus wrote: > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:13 AM, alexus wrote: >> On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Mel Flynn >> wrote: >>> On Tuesday 19 May 2009 21:18:48 alexus wrote: On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Mehul Ved wrote: > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:14

Re: proftpd TLS

2009-05-20 Thread alexus
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:13 AM, alexus wrote: > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Mel Flynn > wrote: >> On Tuesday 19 May 2009 21:18:48 alexus wrote: >>> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Mehul Ved wrote: >>> > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:14 PM, alexus wrote: >>> >> i start it as a root, but it

Re: proftpd TLS

2009-05-20 Thread alexus
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Mel Flynn wrote: > On Tuesday 19 May 2009 21:18:48 alexus wrote: >> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Mehul Ved wrote: >> > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:14 PM, alexus wrote: >> >> i start it as a root, but it switchs to non-root >> >> >> >> nobody 52346  0.0  0.1 11

Re: proftpd TLS

2009-05-20 Thread Mel Flynn
On Tuesday 19 May 2009 21:18:48 alexus wrote: > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Mehul Ved wrote: > > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:14 PM, alexus wrote: > >> i start it as a root, but it switchs to non-root > >> > >> nobody 52346 0.0 0.1 11820 4208 ?? SsJ Sun06PM 0:00.66 > >> proftpd: (accep

Re: proftpd TLS

2009-05-19 Thread alexus
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Mehul Ved wrote: > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:14 PM, alexus wrote: >> i start it as a root, but it switchs to non-root >> >> nobody 52346  0.0  0.1 11820  4208  ??  SsJ  Sun06PM   0:00.66 >> proftpd: (accepting connections) (proftpd) > > Check the value for 'user'

Re: proftpd TLS

2009-05-19 Thread Mehul Ved
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:14 PM, alexus wrote: > i start it as a root, but it switchs to non-root > > nobody 52346  0.0  0.1 11820  4208  ??  SsJ  Sun06PM   0:00.66 > proftpd: (accepting connections) (proftpd) Check the value for 'user' in proftpd.conf. It will be nobody. Change it to root. --

Re: proftpd TLS

2009-05-19 Thread alexus
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: > alexus wrote: >> >> i just enable TLS for my proftpd and in tls.log I'm getting following >> messages >> >> mod_tls/2.2.1[45739]: error locking passphrase into memory: Operation >> not permitted >> mod_tls/2.2.1[45739]: TLS/TLS-C requeste

Re: proftpd TLS

2009-05-18 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
alexus wrote: i just enable TLS for my proftpd and in tls.log I'm getting following messages mod_tls/2.2.1[45739]: error locking passphrase into memory: Operation not permitted mod_tls/2.2.1[45739]: TLS/TLS-C requested, starting TLS handshake From the error message, I can suspect that proftpd

proftpd TLS

2009-05-17 Thread alexus
i just enable TLS for my proftpd and in tls.log I'm getting following messages mod_tls/2.2.1[45739]: error locking passphrase into memory: Operation not permitted mod_tls/2.2.1[45739]: TLS/TLS-C requested, starting TLS handshake anyone had this in the past? ___