ftp slow w/ proftpd# Samba fast

[Excalibur Xcalibur]

Even after this:

UseReverseDNS off
IdentLookups off


in /etc/proftpd.conf

it still sucks! I've never seen such a sluggish ftp server.


-- 
Excalibur


On 7/25/07, Excalibur Xcalibur <excalibur.xcalibur at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Phil,
>                 Thanks for the reply.
>
> Mine:
>
> ;; Query time: 4138 msec
>
> OK It takes 4.138 secs. :( The logins seem to be fast. It's only when the
> users start to transfer files, then it takes forever.
>
> Is there a way to make proftpd bypass the checks?
>
> --
> Excalibur
>
>
>
> On 7/25/07, Phil Meyer <pmeyer at themeyerfarm.com> wrote:
> >
> > Excalibur Xcalibur wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >      I'm using proftpd as server on my fedora box and it's damn slow.
> > > Users take forever to download/upload things on the server. But when I
> > > share my folder as a Samba share, it's almost instantaneous
> > > downloads/uploads for users. Any clues to make my FTP blazing fast?
> > > Could SELINUX be one of the problems?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Excalibur
> >
> > proftp can be (is by default?) configured to verify a valid IP before
> > allowing a log in.
> >
> > If your reverse DNS is slow, then ftp logins and ssh connections can
> > take up to two minutes or so.
> >
> > Microsoft based protocols don't do much IP based security validation,
> > based upon the OLD SMB protocols (ripped off from DEC and ISO
> > standards).
> >
> > Check your reverse DNS response times -- I bet they are whack.
> >
> > You can use the host utility to test RDNS queries easily, or dig.
> >
> > $ host 74.220.202.11
> > 11.202.220.74.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer host11.hostmonster.com.
> >
> > $ dig esourcehome.com
> >
> > ; <<>> DiG 9.4.1 <<>> esourcehome.com
> > ;; global options:  printcmd
> > ;; Got answer:
> > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 9058
> > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
> >
> > ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> > ;esourcehome.com.               IN      A
> >
> > ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> > esourcehome.com.        4439    IN      A       74.220.202.11
> >
> > ;; Query time: 3 msec
> > ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1)
> > ;; WHEN: Wed Jul 25 17:32:44 2007
> > ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 49
> >
> > If these queries take more than a second or so, your are having DNS
> > issues.
> >
> > Good Luck!
> >
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