[BlueOnyx:09956] Re: FTP failure on BlueOnyx server

[Gerald Waugh]

On 03/31/2012 11:03 AM, Domain Administrator wrote:
> Following up to my earlier post...
> 
> It turns out this issue exists on BOTH of my similarly configured BlueOnyx servers, so the proftpd.conf file could be suspect.
>  
> On Mar 31, 2012, at 5:28 AM, Domain Administrator wrote:
> 
>> Hello gents – 
>>
>> I have a BlueOnyx server (5106R, 2.20110817) on which FTP is failing to start.  Active Monitor in the GUI shows "The FTP server is not running and could not be restarted...".  Cycling the FTP service from the GUI has no effect, nor does starting, or restarting the proftpd daemon from the console.  I've checked localhost DNS.  The proftpd.conf file (attached below) is identical to that on a working server.
>>
>> Has anyone seen this?  And does anyone have an idea where to look next?
>>
>> Thanks for any input.
>> Bill Thackrey
>>
>>

1) ftp runs under xinetd
2) on many systems active monitor will give false warnings about ftp.

normally you would not use proftpd (/etc/rc.d/init.d/proftpd)
try execute;
	/etc/rc.d/init.d/proftpd stop
	/etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd restart
check execute;
        /bin/netstat -tan | grep :21


-- 
Gerald