#927804 vsftpd fails with config error when set to listen on v4 and v6

Package:
vsftpd
Source:
vsftpd
Description:
lightweight, efficient FTP server written for security
Submitter:
Ken Chase
Date:
2019-10-22 08:39:03 UTC
Severity:
important
#927804#5
Date:
2019-04-23 16:11:09 UTC
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To:
This is similar to the age old https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839257
but has not been resolved.

Default configuration file at distribution is listen_ipv6=YES. If one sets
listen=YES as well, you will get a configuration error warning and the daemon won't
start.

It is not possible to start the daemon with both v4 and v6.  This impacts
ease of management and creates complex confusing multiple config file/multiple
daemon environments to support both v4 and v6.

Solution in this case for most is to turn off v6, delaying wider adoption
and adding to the belief that v6 is overly complex/adds outsized management problems.

If this behaviour is to be kept, a default config file comment warning should
be included.

/kc
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Ken Chase - Guelph Canada
#927804#10
Date:
2019-10-22 08:36:11 UTC
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It looks to me that this issue can be fixed by adding a new conf file
and some modification as described in
https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1566213

For the package, probably just some wording changes to the document.