ProFTP doesn't start

SlacUser · 01-19-2008, 03:18 PM

Hi, I have installed proFTP server on a Fedora 7 box, and it was functioning well before a reboot, it fails to start the service.

Where can I find the logs or error messages for this service??, for a clue of why it is not starting.

Thanks

bathory · 01-19-2008, 03:59 PM

How did you configured proftpd to run? As a standalone service, or through xinetd? For standalone mode you can put the proftpd startup script in rc.local and for xinetd you should copy the xinetd script in /etc/xinetd.d and run

Code:

chkconfig proftpd on

SlacUser · 01-21-2008, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

How did you configured proftpd to run? As a standalone service, or through xinetd? For standalone mode you can put the proftpd startup script in rc.local and for xinetd you should copy the xinetd script in /etc/xinetd.d and run

Code:

chkconfig proftpd on

I configure it as a standalone service with

Code:

chkconfig --levels 235 proftpd on

It tries to start at boot, but fails, but don't gives me an explanation of why is it failing.

bathory · 01-21-2008, 09:23 AM

Since you've configured proftpd in standalone mode, you can run it debug mode from command line:

Code:

proftpd -nd5

to see if you find any errors (you can increase debugging from d0 to d10)