[NCLUG] ProFTPd service

[Joseph McDonald]

On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 04:40:23PM -0500, Joseph McDonald wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 02:34:49PM -0700, BJ Tiemessen wrote:
> > I tried removing the lock file, but I get the same results when trying 
> > to restart, the service.
> 
> What's /var/log/messages say? 

Oh also, remove the pid file in /var/run/. :)

> > Joseph McDonald wrote:
> > 
> > >On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 01:29:22PM -0700, BJ Tiemessen wrote:
> > >  
> > >
> > >>I am trying to run proftpd with the command 'service proftpd start' 
> > >>which returns "OK" but when I look at processes it does not show up. 
> > >> When I try to stop it or restart the service I get shutdown fail, start 
> > >>ok.  When I look at the status of services I get a message like proftpd 
> > >>is stopped but subsys is locked.  How can I figure out why the program 
> > >>will not run?  Thanks.
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >
> > >Look in /var/lock for a lock file, 'find /var/lock/ | grep ftpd' remove it, 
> > >then restart the service with the command you've listed.
> > >
> > >	--joey
> > >
> > >
> > >  
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