ftpd & telnetd not launched

[Pete]

If /boot/common/settings/network/services is set up to accept ftp and telnet (by uncommenting) and you try to access these services from another machine, you get nothing but "Connection Refused". (ssh seems to connect OK.)

Connection works as expected in my stable alpha-2 partition, but the problem exists in the hrev40236 nightly. It was first noticed in a local build of hrev39972. (/boot/common/etc files are set up as in the working partition.)

Net access out of Haiku is not impaired.

[diver]

I've played a bit with it and found a workaround for this problems:

Index: data/settings/network/services
===================================================================
--- data/settings/network/services	(revision 40237)
+++ data/settings/network/services	(working copy)
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #service telnet {
-#	launch	telnetd
+#	launch	telnetd -debug
 #}
 
 #service ftp {
-#	launch	ftpd
+#	launch	ftpd -D
 #}
 
 service ssh {

[Pete]

Replying to diver:

I've played a bit with it and found a workaround for this problems:

I can't make this work (removing the commenting as well of course!). I'm editing the installed version in .../settings/network, but it's hard to see how editing the source (as shown) would be different.

[diver]

Try to run ftpd -D and telnetd -debug in Terminal and it should just work.

[Pete]

As a possible further data point, if I run net_server from a Terminal in the working alpha-2 partition, and then ftp and telnet from another machine, I see:

New service telnet
Starting service 'telnet'
New service ftp
Starting service 'ftp'
New service ssh
Launch service: /boot/common/bin/sshd
Launch service: ftpd
Launch service: telnetd

Doing the same from the failing installation, I see the same, except for the last two 'Launch' lines, which never happen.

[Pete]

Replying to diver:

Try to run ftpd -D and telnetd -debug in Terminal and it should just work.

Yep -- that does it.

So my installed workaround is to create an executable script /boot/home/config/boot/RunDaemons:

#!/bin/sh
(while true; do telnetd -debug; done)&
ftpd -D

(a while-loop is needed for telnetd because it only accepts the first connection. ftpd OTOH stays running with the -D switch.)

Then I add '/boot/home/config/boot/RunDaemons&' to UserBootScript and I get access as before. A separate script is needed so the loop can keep running without holding UserBootScript open.

[diver]

Seems like I (falsely) assumed that if it works this way in Terminal it should work in services too, apparently that doesn't work like that. Oh well.

[phoudoin]

Fixed in hrev40241.

[Pete]

Replying to phoudoin:

Fixed in hrev40241.

Installed and verified... Thanks.