[BlueOnyx:01624] Re: FTP default directory

[Michael Stauber]

Hi Tjerk,

>> port already in use?
>
> If that's the original configuration and you say that should work, any idea
> why it doesn’t work for me? And.. is FTP not a socket ip-to-ip.. does the
> ftp client send the hostname in the request?
>
> Is this problem related to the warnings I have in my messages log:
> Jun 29 21:34:28 server3 proftpd[15958]: warning: "ProFTPD" address/port
> (:21) already in use by "ProFTPD server"

There are two ways how one can use ProFTPd:

1.) Through XINETd (default for BlueOnyx)

2.) Stand alone deamon.

I guess you may somehow managed to enable both medthods, which now cause those 
error messages.

Check your /etc/proftpd.conf

Make sure the line "ServerType" looks like this:

ServerType                      inetd

It should *NOT* read:

ServerType                     standalone

Then - for good measure - run:

/sbin/chkconfig --level 2345 proftpd off
/etc/init.d/proftpd stop
/etc/init.d/xinetd restart

If (and only if!) your FTP service is not running afterwards, go to the 
BlueOnyx GUI, disable FTP services, save the changes and then enable it and 
save the changes again. That should fix it.

-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber