[BlueOnyx:15547] Re: proftpd fails to start

[wcstaff at webcoast.com]

> 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