Starting the FTP Server Automatically
The FTP server can be started in one of three ways:
As a nowait server that is started by inetd
As a standalone server run in the background
As a standalone server run in the foreground from the inittab file
A standalone server always has the quickest possible response time, and is intended
for large servers that are dedicated to providing FTP service. The standalone server
provides low connection latency for dedicated servers because the standalone system never has
to be restarted. The standalone server is always running, even during off-peak hours,
waiting indefinitely for connections.
How to Start an FTP Server Using SMF
By default, the SMF service is configured to start the FTP server
using the nowait mode. If the site handles many connections, the FTP server can
also be run in standalone mode. See the in.ftpd(1M) man page for
information on additional command-line options.
- Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.
Roles contain authorizations and privileged commands. For more information about roles, see Configuring RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Security Services.
To configure a role with the Primary Administrator profile, see Chapter 2, Working With the Solaris Management Console (Tasks), in System Administration Guide: Basic Administration.
- Verify the wait property for the FTP server.
The line reporting that wait=FALSE indicates that the server is started in nowait
mode.
# inetadm -l network/ftp
SCOPE NAME=VALUE
name="ftp"
endpoint_type="stream"
proto="tcp6"
isrpc=FALSE
wait=FALSE
exec="/usr/sbin/in.ftpd -a"
user="root"
default bind_addr=""
default bind_fail_max=-1
default bind_fail_interval=-1
default max_con_rate=-1
default max_copies=-1
default con_rate_offline=-1
default failrate_cnt=40
default failrate_interval=60
default inherit_env=TRUE
default tcp_trace=FALSE
default tcp_wrappers=FALSE
- Start the FTP server.
# svcadm enable network/ftp
How to Start a Standalone FTP Server in the Background
- Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.
Roles contain authorizations and privileged commands. For more information about roles, see Configuring RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Security Services.
To configure a role with the Primary Administrator profile, see Chapter 2, Working With the Solaris Management Console (Tasks), in System Administration Guide: Basic Administration.
- Disable the FTP server.
# svcadm disable network/ftp
- Start the standalone FTP server.
# /usr/sbin/in.ftpd -a -S
Add the line to an FTP server startup script. See Using Run Control Scripts in System Administration Guide: Basic Administration for
information on creating a system startup script.
How to Start a Standalone FTP Server in the Foreground
- Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.
Roles contain authorizations and privileged commands. For more information about roles, see Configuring RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Security Services.
To configure a role with the Primary Administrator profile, see Chapter 2, Working With the Solaris Management Console (Tasks), in System Administration Guide: Basic Administration.
- Disable the FTP server.
# svcadm disable network/ftp
- Add an entry to the inittab file to start the service.
The new entry in /etc/inittab should look something like the following:
ftpd:3:respawn:/usr/sbin/in.ftpd -a -s
- Tell init to re-examine /etc/inittab.
This command should start the FTP service.
# init q
