I'm new to this system so please excuse any stupid statements. I had a look to see if there was anything posted against wu-ftpd but couldnt find anything. I just installed wu-ftpd-2.6.0-14.6x.i386 and found that whenever I used the "ls" command the ftp connection would hang for a while then terminate (probably timing out). If I used the "dir" command on the same directory it would return the expected results. Since I need ftp access I reverted to version 2.6.0-3 and the problems were solved. My machine is running standard Redhat 6.2 except for the kernel which is 2.2.14-12. - Padraig.
The ls stuff hasn't changed at all. Check the ~ftp/bin/ls binary, possibly reinstall the anonftp package.
The "ls stuff" has indeed changed, although perhaps inadvertently, when the wu-ftpd update packages were issued. If you look in the spec file, you'll find the following... %build %configure --enable-quota --enable-pam --disable-rfc931 --enable-ratios \ --enable-passwd --enable-ls Note that the --enable-ls option is included. This should not be there, as the internal ls feature is still experimental, and apparently still contains memory leaks which are potentially exploitable.