proftpd (accepting connections) <---what is this?

[smp]

Hey.. just did a ps -aux on my box to see if seti was running (just put it in crontab, would I even see it?) and I noticed this.... I don't know what it is, or if I ever remember seeing it before.. can someone let me know if this is okay. This is my server here at home, gateway etc... thanks.

 

[NiPeng]

Proftpd is a ftp server...
You're sure you didn't install it?
Hacked?

 

[MGMorden]

It's just an FTP server. Most distributions seem to either install this one or WuFTP defaultly. You can probably remove it (though I leave it running on my machine so I can transfer files if I need it) . . . what distro are you running?

 

[NiPeng]

<< It's just an FTP server. Most distributions seem to either install this one or WuFTP defaultly. You can probably remove it (though I leave it running on my machine so I can transfer files if I need it) . . . what distro are you running? >>



I thought all distros install wuftp (and none proftpd) that is why I suggested there has been some tampering.

 

[MGMorden]

I'm almost positive Slackware installs ProFTP instead of WuFTP (I think I saw Wu in the pasture folder earlier today which is where the older abandoned stuff goes. It was in there with Xfree86 3.3.6 for example).

 

[smp]

Oh okay, thanks. Yeah, actually, that should have been plain as day, jeez. Yeah, I'm running an ftp server, it's a Debian box.