Re: misc/35225: there is no automation in rc.d for ftp-proxy(8)

[David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR misc/35225; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: misc/35225: there is no automation in rc.d for ftp-proxy(8)
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 19:08:02 +0000

 The problem with putting a canned line in the standard inetd.conf is
 that there's not a canonical way to invoke ftp-proxy. The options
 depend on the details of the setup, and the port number isn't standard
 either.
 
 In an ideal world perhaps ftp-proxy would be able to find this out for
 itself, but there are problems with that too: someone might
 legitimately want to run multiple copies (e.g., one for outgoing ftp,
 one for incoming ftp to a ftp server kept behind a NAT for safety) and
 it's far from clear exactly how that should be arranged.
 
 If anyone has any brilliant ideas, or patches, please send them along;
 in the meantime, I'm going to mark this suspended.
 
 -- 
 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost