[NCLUG] ProFTPd service

[Joseph McDonald]

On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 03:56:15PM -0700, BJ Tiemessen wrote:
> After removing the lock file and pid then trying to restart the service 
> /var/log/messages reads:
> proftpd shutdown failed
> proftpd startup succeeded
> Failed binding to 0.0.0.0, port 21: Adress already in use
> Check the ServerType directive to ensure you are configured correctly.
> 
> So what does this mean?  

Ok, here's what I would do..

   service proftpd shutdown
   rm /var/run/proftpd.pid (or whatever the pidfile is)
   rm /var/lock/proftpd    (or whatever the lockfile is)
   killall -9 proftpd
   ps -ef | grep ftpd

if there is still something running, kill it. Then:

   grep -i ftp /etc/inetd.conf (or where ever that file is on your 
                                system (find /etc/ | grep inetd))

make sure that line is commented out. It's possible that wuftpd or something
similar is getting started from inetd. If it's not commented out, comment it 
out. and:

killall -HUP inetd

Then, 

service proftpd start

if you really get stuck 

   'lsof | grep -i ftp'

and dig through that.

	--joey

> Joseph McDonald wrote:
> 
> >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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