[BlueOnyx:10476] Re: proftpd won't start

[Larry Smith]

On Mon May 7 2012 13:15, Marcus wrote:
> xinetd is running.  I restarted it anyway, and everything is ok with
> it.  proftpd still won't start.
>

Generally the /etc/proftpd.conf file specifies that the FTP process is 
controlled by xinetd, which means it will not start with the init.d process
like other programs.  If that is all correct, try temporarily changing the
/etc/proftpd.conf file to say "standalone" (should be a line there you 
can uncomment and comment out the xinetd line), then try starting
it from command line such as "sh -x /etc/init.d/proftpd start" - this
should attempt to start the daemon in background mode and show you
everything it does (the -x to the shell).

-- 
Larry Smith
lesmith at ecsis.net