#704260 5 users maximum is set, although I set 50 users (the default value)

Package:
pure-ftpd
Source:
pure-ftpd
Description:
Secure and efficient FTP server
Submitter:
Martin Sebald
Date:
2013-10-21 09:51:15 UTC
Severity:
important
#704260#5
Date:
2013-03-30 13:22:40 UTC
From:
To:
Hello all,

my customers are complaining that they cannot use FTP server here and get
this message:

This is strange because I set the maximum users to 50 (which is also the
default value of pure-ftpd) by putting a 50 into this file:

Also I set PerUserLimit to 10 50 in this file when the above setting did
not work:
to be compiled with a special option, according to the pure-ftpd manual.

BTW: When I restart pure-ftpd I get the following output:

As -c is the maximum user value, it is set correctly.

Why isn't it used and where is the value 5 coming from?

I set the severity to important as a 5 maximum users setting is not working
in production environment anyhow.

Cheers,
Martin
#704260#10
Date:
2013-06-24 08:45:02 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

is there any development for this bug? It's almost three months since I
posted about the problem - which is a very serious one in my eyes. On a
medium populated server 5 concurrent users are just nothing.

Cheers,
Martin
#704260#15
Date:
2013-10-21 09:44:27 UTC
From:
To:
Hello all,

problem solved!

We had only 10 ports defined as passive ports. Every client needs two
passive ports. This is the reason why pure-ftpd set a 5 user maximum limit.
See here:

http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52838

Maybe this should somehow documented?

Cheers,
Martin