I'm a newbie when it come to linux... anyway, i'm managing a web server mostly from webmin, and when i'm trying to access the ProFTPD configuration i get a strange error :

The program /usr/sbin/proftpd does not appear to be the ProFTPD server. Maybe it is not installed, or your module configuration is incorrect. Output from the command /usr/sbin/proftpd -v was :
- ProFTPD Version 1.2.8


Anybody knows what should be done here, cuz i googled this and found nothing...

Thanks

It means you DO NOT have proftpd installed on the server you are trying to administer. If you need to use proftpd, then obtain the rpm from the install cd and install first.

My guess is that either your version of Webmin is older/newer than this version of ProFTPD and so doesn't recognise it, or proftpd.conf is missing or corrupt.

Which distro?

mandrake distro,
error webmin:

The program /usr/sbin/proftpd does not appear to be the ProFTPD server. Maybe it is not installed, or your module configuration is incorrect. Output from the command /usr/sbin/proftpd -v was :

- ProFTPD Version 1.2.10

but no administration from webmin

any help is welcome

http://webmin.us/viewtopic.php?t=174...d84092db200cc2

here adapted index.cgi:

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#!/usr/bin/perl
# index.cgi
# Display the icons for various types of proftpd config options

require './proftpd-lib.pl';

# Check if proftpd is installed
@st = stat($config{'proftpd_path'});
if (!@st) {
&ui_print_header(undef, $text{'index_title'}, "", undef, 1, 1, 0,
&help_search_link("proftpd", "man", "doc", "google"));
print &text('index_eproftpd', "<tt>$config{'proftpd_path'}</tt>",
"$gconfig{'webprefix'}/config.cgi?$module_name"),"<p>\n";
&ui_print_footer("/", $text{'index'});
exit;
}

# Check if the config file exists
@conf = &get_config();

# Check if the executable has changed ..

# Get the list of modules
local @mods;
open(MODS, "$config{'proftpd_path'} -l |");
while(<MODS>) {
s/\r|\n//g;
if (/^\s*(\S+)\.c$/) {
push(@mods, $1);
}
}
close(MODS);
$site{'modules'} = join(" ", @mods);
&write_file("$module_config_directory/site", \%site);


&ui_print_header(undef, $text{'index_title'}, "", undef, 1, 1, 0,
&help_search_link("proftpd", "man", "doc", "google"),
undef, undef, &text('index_version', $site{'version'}));
$conf = &get_config();

# Display global category icons
print &ui_subheading($text{'index_global'});
$ft_icon = { "icon" => "images/dir.gif",
"name" => $text{'ftpaccess_title'},
"link" => "ftpaccess.cgi" };
$us_icon = { "icon" => "images/ftpusers.gif",
"name" => $text{'ftpusers_title'},
"link" => "edit_ftpusers.cgi" };
$ed_icon = { "icon" => "images/edit.gif",
"name" => $text{'manual_configs'},
"link" => "allmanual_form.cgi" };
&config_icons("root global", "edit_global.cgi?", $ft_icon, $us_icon, $ed_icon);

# Display global per-directory/limit options
$global = &find_directive_struct("Global", $conf);
$gconf = $global->{'members'} if ($global);
@dir = ( &find_directive_struct("Directory", $gconf) ,
&find_directive_struct("Limit", $gconf) );
if (@dir) {
print "<hr>\n";
print &ui_subheading($text{'virt_header'});
foreach $d (@dir) {
if ($d->{'name'} eq 'Limit') {
push(@links, "limit_index.cgi?limit=".
&indexof($d, @$gconf)."&global=1");
push(@titles, &text('virt_limit', $d->{'value'}));
push(@icons, "images/limit.gif");
}
else {
push(@links, "dir_index.cgi?idx=".
&indexof($d, @$gconf)."&global=1");
push(@titles, &text('virt_dir', $d->{'value'}));
push(@icons, "images/dir.gif");
}
}
&icons_table(\@links, \@titles, \@icons, 3);
}

print "<table width=100%><tr><td>\n";

print "<form action=create_dir.cgi>\n";
print "<input type=hidden name=global value=1>\n";
print "<table border>\n";
print "<tr $tb> <td><b>$text{'virt_adddir'}</b></td> </tr>\n";
print "<tr $cb> <td><table>\n";
print "<tr> <td><b>$text{'virt_path'}</b></td>\n";
print "<td><input name=dir size=30>\n";
print "<input type=submit value=\"$text{'create'}\"></td> </tr>\n";
print "</table></td></tr></table></form>\n";

print "</td><td>\n";

print "<form action=create_limit.cgi>\n";
print "<input type=hidden name=global value=1>\n";
print "<table border>\n";
print "<tr $tb> <td><b>$text{'virt_addlimit'}</b></td> </tr>\n";
print "<tr $cb> <td><table>\n";
print "<tr> <td><b>$text{'virt_cmds'}</b></td>\n";
print "<td><input name=cmd size=20>\n";
print "<input type=submit value=\"$text{'create'}\"></td> </tr>\n";
print "</table></td></tr></table></form>\n";

print "</td></tr></table>\n";


# Start virtual server list with default
push(@vname, $text{'index_defserv'});
push(@vlink, "virt_index.cgi");
push(@vdesc, $text{'index_defdesc'});
push(@vaddr, $text{'index_any'});
push(@vserv, &def(&find_directive("ServerName", $conf), $text{'default'}));

# Add other virtual servers
@virt = &find_directive_struct("VirtualHost", $conf);
foreach $v (@virt) {
$vm = $v->{'members'};
push(@vname, $text{'index_virt'});
push(@vlink, "virt_index.cgi?virt=".&indexof($v, @$conf));
push(@vaddr, $v->{'value'});
$sname = &find_directive("ServerName", $vm);
local $ip = &to_ipaddress($v->{'value'});
push(@vdesc, &text('index_vdesc', $ip ? $ip : $text{'index_eip'}));
push(@vserv, &def(&find_vdirective("ServerName", $vm, $conf),
$text{'index_auto'}));
}

# Show virtual servers
print "<hr>\n";
print &ui_subheading($text{'index_virts'});

if ($config{'show_list'} && scalar(@vname)) {
# as list for people with lots of servers
print "<table width=100% border=1>\n";
print "<tr $tb> <td><b>$text{'index_type'}</b></td> ",
"<td><b>$text{'index_addr'}</b></td> ",
"<td><b>$text{'index_name'}</b></td> </tr>\n";
for($i=0; $i<@vname; $i++) {
print "<tr $cb>\n";
print "<td><a href=\"$vlink[$i]\">",
&html_escape($vname[$i]),"</a></td>\n";
print "<td>",&html_escape($vaddr[$i]),"</td>\n";
print "<td>",&html_escape($vserv[$i]),"</td>\n";
print "</tr>\n";
}
print "</table>\n";
}
else {
# as icons for niceness
print "<table width=100% cellpadding=5>\n";
for($i=0; $i<@vname; $i++) {
print "<tr> <td valign=top align=center nowrap>";
&generate_icon("images/virt.gif", &html_escape($vname[$i]),
$vlink[$i]);
print "</td> <td valign=top>\n";
print &html_escape($vdesc[$i]),"<br>\n";
print "<table width=100%><tr>\n";
print "<td width=30%><b>$text{'index_addr'}</b> ",
&html_escape($vaddr[$i]),"</td>\n";
print "<td width=70%><b>$text{'index_name'}</b> ",
&html_escape($vserv[$i]),"</td></tr>\n";
print "</table></td> </tr>\n";
}
print "</table>\n";
}

print "<form action=create_virt.cgi>\n";
print "<table border>\n";
print "<tr $tb> <td><b>$text{'index_create'}</b></td> </tr>\n";
print "<tr $cb> <td><table>\n";
print "<tr> <td><b>$text{'index_addr'}</b></td>\n";
print "<td><input name=addr size=25></td> </tr>\n";
print "<tr> <td><b>$text{'index_port'}</b></td>\n";
print "<td>",&opt_input(undef, "Port", $text{'default'}, 6),"</td> </tr>\n";
print "<tr> <td><b>$text{'index_name'}</b></td>\n";
print "<td>",&opt_input(undef, "ServerName", $text{'default'}, 25);
print "&nbsp;&nbsp;\n";
print "<input type=submit value=\"$text{'create'}\"></td> </tr>\n";
print "</table></td></tr></table>\n";
print "</form>\n";

# Find out how ProFTPd is running
($inet, $inet_mod) = &running_under_inetd();
if (!$inet) {
# Get the FTP server pid
$pid = &get_proftpd_pid();
}

if (!$inet && $pid) {
print "<hr>\n";
print "<form action=apply.cgi>\n";
print "<input type=hidden name=pid value='$pid'>\n";
print "<table width=100%><tr>\n";
print "<td><input type=submit value=\"$text{'index_apply'}\"></td>\n";
print "<td>$text{'index_applymsg'}</td>\n";
print "</tr></table></form>\n";
}
elsif (!$inet && !$pid) {
print "<hr>\n";
print "<form action=start.cgi>\n";
print "<table width=100%><tr>\n";
print "<td><input type=submit value=\"$text{'index_start'}\"></td>\n";
if ($inet_mod) {
print "<td>",&text('index_startmsg', "/$inet_mod/"),"</td>\n";
}
else {
print "<td>$text{'index_startmsg2'}</td>\n";
}
print "</tr></table></form>\n";
}

&ui_print_footer("/", $text{'index'});

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Thanks Bankey... editing the index.cgi file solved my problem... thanks...