[BlueOnyx:15547] Re: proftpd fails to start
wcstaff at webcoast.com
wcstaff at webcoast.com
Thu Jun 12 11:37:27 -05 2014
> Hi Tom,
>
> > Should I uninstall it?
>
> No. Like Gerald said: ProFTPd can either be run "Standalone" or via
> "XINETd". BlueOnyx starts/stops ProFTPd via XINETd. The benefit of that
> is that XINETd allows us to throttle the amount of FTP connections
> that's allowed.
>
> So you do NOT start ProFTPd via "/sbin/service proftpd start". Instead
> it's started via "/sbin/service xinetd start".
>
> If ProFTPd is set up to run via XINETd and you try to start it via
> "/sbin/service proftpd start", then it naturally complains that it's
> already running, because XINETd has started it already.
>
> So of you really need to restart ProFTPd, you just do it this way:
>
> /sbin/service xinetd restart
>
> --
> With best regards
>
> Michael Stauber
What bothered me is when the system boots up and/or I "/sbin/service xinetd
start", it shows ProFTPd fails to start.
But "/sbin/service xinetd restart" works fine.
I understand now.
Thanks
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