Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 123468
xinetd not honoring "instances" config
Last modified: 2014-08-31 19:26:09 EDT
I run a Fedora mirror, mirror.hiwaay.net, and I run vsftpd from xinetd. I've got the following in /etc/xinetd.d/vsftpd: # vsftpd is the secure FTP server. service ftp { disable = no socket_type = stream wait = no user = root server = /usr/sbin/vsftpd server_args = /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf per_source = 3 instances = 150 cps = 50 5 banner_fail = /etc/vsftpd.busy_banner log_on_success += PID HOST DURATION log_on_failure += HOST flags = NOLIBWRAP KEEPALIVE } However, either xinetd is losing track of connections, not counting correctly, or ignoring the "instances" line; right now (after the FC2 release), I've got 482 active connections (so the people downloading are getting _really_ slow rates). I think this used to work, but there haven't been any xinetd updates, so unless a kernel update broke it, I don't know why it would have stopped. In a couple of weeks (i.e. after the initial FC2 rush is off) I'll upgrade to FC2 and see what that does. If I get a chance, I'll go ahead and try the FC2 xinetd (rebuilt under FC1).
A little more poking: it really looks like xinetd "leaks" under load. I checked the log, and I do see "FAIL: ftp service_limit" messages. I stopped xinetd (and killed the open connections) and restarted it, and it seems to be holding steady at 150. It also is logging a _lot_ more "FAIL: ftp service_limit" messages now.
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