proftpd TLS

[alexus]

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass9573 at gmx.com> wrote:
> alexus wrote:
>>
>> i just enable TLS for my proftpd and in tls.log I'm getting following
>> messages
>>
>> mod_tls/2.2.1[45739]: error locking passphrase into memory: Operation
>> not permitted
>> mod_tls/2.2.1[45739]: TLS/TLS-C requested, starting TLS handshake
>
> From the error message, I can suspect that proftpd tries to
> use mlock(2) to lock some page in physical memory. That's
> typical behavior with programs dealing with sensitive data,
> as passwords. The mlock system call can only by used by the
> superuser. Is proftpd running with superuser privileges?
>
> Nikos
>

i start it as a root, but it switchs to non-root

nobody 52346  0.0  0.1 11820  4208  ??  SsJ  Sun06PM   0:00.66
proftpd: (accepting connections) (proftpd)

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