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From: j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: wuftpd/ftpd dead processes
Date: 3 Jun 1996 10:55:16 GMT
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dwatson@abwam.com (Darryl Watson) wrote:

> >Don't the -t and -T options to ftpd help here?
> >
> 
> I am experiencing the same problems at my service, and the -[tT] args
> don't seem to do anything.  I suspect a keepalive problem.

Hmm, does this mean these $%&!ing web browsers do regularly send dummy
commands to the server?!  They should be shot...

Perhaps we have to add yet another opportunity to the ftp server now
to auto-close these otherwise idle connections.

-- 
J"org Wunsch					       Unix support engineer
joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de       http://www.interface-business.de/~j