vsftpd refusing to start back up after system restart

L-28C · 12-16-2013, 02:07 PM

I'm using a VPS for a Minecraft server. I access it with SSH and FTP. I got a RAM upgrade last night which required a system restart. After it came back up, everything worked fine except vsftpd wouldn't start. I get:

> service vsftpd start [FAILED]

It was working fine before the restart. Nothing has changed besides the extra gig of RAM. Minecraft and httpd both launch fine. What could be the problem? Thanks in advance.

berndbausch · 12-16-2013, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by L-28C

I'm using a VPS for a Minecraft server. I access it with SSH and FTP. I got a RAM upgrade last night which required a system restart. After it came back up, everything worked fine except vsftpd wouldn't start. I get:

> service vsftpd start [FAILED]

It was working fine before the restart. Nothing has changed besides the extra gig of RAM. Minecraft and httpd both launch fine. What could be the problem? Thanks in advance.

Check the log file. If you don't know where it is, check the configuration file. If you don't know where it is, read the man page.

Another approach: Read the man page to find out what options there are to start the daemon manually, plus perhaps some debugging or verbose options.

SAbhi · 12-17-2013, 12:17 AM

Post the content of log files here the default is /var/log/messages, on why it is not starting up, only logs can give a hint.

L-28C · 12-17-2013, 10:29 PM

I just figured out it was a problem with my FTP client at home. vsftpd was working fine the whole time and it only failed to start because it was already started. XD

I don't know what was wrong with my client but I restarted my computer and now it connects fine. I feel dumb. Thanks anyway though both of you!

berndbausch · 12-17-2013, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by L-28C

it only failed to start because it was already started. XD

Classic.