+++ Ashok Iyer [14/06/02 21:36 -0700]:
I am using RH 7.1 with wu-ftp server. My ftp
server is taking too
much time for logging. For this problem I got
solution from web for
b it loggin in ...or loggin......get the wu-ftpd service off the machine....
Check your resolv.conf file for the nameserver entry. If the name server is not reachable then wu-ftpd mysteriously takes time for logging IN.
This is not mysterious. The ftp daemon is trying to resolve the ip address of the connecting ip to a name, and timing out since there is no record for that in the DNS. Setting up proper reverse DNS will solve that problem. You will see this problem with any service that insists on reverse DNS being setup, like a pop/imap daemon, ftpd, etc.
As for a good ftp daemon, why not just use scp if possible? Or at least sftp. Proftpd is good, and easy to configure. Pureftpd is also supposed to be good.
Devdas Bhagat