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Re: ftpd keeps ftp processes alive

 
rick jones
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Re: ftpd keeps ftp processes alive

If you see an ftpd in the "STOR" state (as it were) then I believe that means the ftpd is in the process of receiving a file from a client. If the client has simply dropped-off the face of the net, then unless the ftpd is using SO_KEEPALIVE or has some other mechanism going it could stay there for a very long time.

If you download and run lsof to see what the state of that ftpd's TCP connections might be that would be good.

You might also see if the file is increasing in size, and/or tusc that ftpd to see if it ever comes-out of recv/select/whatever.
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