pureftpd creates files outside of prefix

[Scott Haneda]

These seem to be scoreboard files, which amount to live stats.  I am  
really new to this territory, and trying to see what I can do to help,  
so be kind.

grepping the source:
ftpwho-update.h

# ifdef NON_ROOT_FTP
#  define SCOREBOARD_PATH CONFDIR "/pure-ftpd-ftpwho"
# else
#  define SCOREBOARD_PATH "/var/run/pure-ftpd"
# endif
#define SCOREBOARD_PREFIX "client-"

I am assuming # is not a comment in C, or has special treatment. That  
path is hard coded, I believe there would need to be a patch made for  
the portfile to change that to that of ${prefix} in front of it?

But this may just be the ftpwho command, and where it looks.  I can  
not find solid reference to where the actual creation of the  
scoreboard directory happens at.

The man pages, make multiple references to non ${prefix} based  
locations.  I suppose those need cleaning as well?

This is a strange one, as you can supply the path to the ftp.log and ftp.xfer.log 
  as startup args, in which case I get to put them wherever I want.  I  
chose to put them in ${prefix}.

However, each of the defaults is in fact hard coded into the source,  
and I am guessing needs to be patched.

Curious, is the correct procedure to have arbitrary paths that people  
may want to change be a configure option, Or is it unique to Mac  
Ports, and just reinplace the files carefully?

I will do my best on this one, but it may be out of my league.  It is  
currently nomaintainer, so I could take it over, but will need a  
little handholding I suspect.
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On Oct 9, 2009, at 1:33 AM, Scott Haneda wrote:

> $file /var/run/pure-ftpd/
> /var/run/pure-ftpd/: directory
>
> $ls -la /var/run/pure-ftpd | wc -l
>      98
>
> I can not determine from the docs, or google, what these 98 files are.
> -rw-------  1 root  daemon  1448 Oct  9 00:59 client-00014270
> -rw-------  1 root  daemon  1448 Oct  9 01:01 client-00014287
> -rw-------  1 root  daemon  1448 Oct  9 01:02 client-00014290
> -rw-------  1 root  daemon  1448 Oct  9 01:05 client-00014299
> ...
>
> $file client-00014310
> client-00014310: data
>
> There should also be a pure-ftpd.pid file in ${prefix}/var/run which  
> is missing from both locations.  From what I understand, pureftpd  
> starts on demand, and is not always running, so I made sure to login  
> via ftp and look for a pid file, none to be found.
>
> I am going to cross post parts of this sans the ${prefix} stuff to  
> the pureftpd mailing list and will report back any findings.