[SOLVED] proftpd where is the rc. file to make it executable?
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I'm running proftpd on a Slackware64 14.1 system from a couple of years ago.
If I recall correctly there was no startup script that came with the package. I just copied another 'rc' script and modified it for proftpd.
Let me know if you want me to get the script and post it here.
ya think I could just take apatche rc.http and mod that and use it?
here is what I'd do to it.
Quote:
#!/bin/sh
#
#
# MODED from RC.HTTP
# /etc/rc.d/rc.proftpd
#
#
# Start/stop/restart/graceful[ly restart]/graceful[ly]-stop
# the proftpd (ftp) server.
#
# To make Apache start automatically at boot, make this
# file executable: chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.proftpd
#
# For information on these options, "man apachectl".
case "$1" in
'start')
/usr/sbin/proftpd -k start
;;
'stop')
/usr/sbin/proftpd -k stop
killall proftpd
# Remove both old and new .pid locations:
rm -f /var/run/proftpd.pid /var/run/proftpd/proftpd.pid
;;
'force-restart')
# Because sometimes restarting through doesn't apply just doesn't do the trick...
/usr/sbin/proftpd -k stop
killall proftpd
# Remove both old and new .pid locations:
rm -f /var/run/proftpd.pid /var/run/proftpd/proftpd.pid
/usr/sbin/proftpd -k start
;;
'restart')
/usr/sbin/proftpd -k restart
;;
'graceful')
/usr/sbin/proftpd -k graceful
;;
'graceful-stop')
/usr/sbin/proftpd -k graceful-stop
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|graceful|graceful-stop}"
;;
esac
@BW-userx With the help of Didier Spaier it looks like you have a simple solution. In case you run into other issues (and since I already dug up the files ) I'll share my basic setup.
The contents of rc.proftpd ...
Code:
#!/bin/sh
# Start/stop/restart proftpd
# Called from rc.local
# Copied from rc.ntpd
# Start proftpd:
proftpd_start() {
TZ=":US/Pacific"; export TZ
if [ -x /usr/sbin/proftpd ]; then
CMDLINE="/usr/sbin/proftpd"
echo "----------"
echo "Starting proftpd daemon: $CMDLINE"
$CMDLINE
echo "Wait ..."
sleep 15
proftpd_status
echo "----------"
fi
}
# Stop proftpd:
proftpd_stop() {
if [ -x /usr/sbin/ftpshut ]; then
CMDLINE="/usr/sbin/ftpshut now"
echo "Stopping proftpd connections: $CMDLINE"
$CMDLINE
echo "Wait ..."
sleep 20
if [ -r /var/run/proftpd.pid ]; then
echo "Stopping proftpd daemon."
kill -TERM $(cat /var/run/proftpd.pid)
echo "Wait ..."
sleep 10
proftpd_status
echo "----------"
else
killall -TERM proftpd
echo "Wait ..."
sleep 10
proftpd_status
echo "----------"
fi
if [ -e /etc/shutmsg ]; then
echo "Remove /etc/shutmsg file"
rm /etc/shutmsg
fi
fi
}
# Restart proftpd:
proftpd_restart() {
proftpd_stop
sleep 15
proftpd_start
}
# Check if proftpd is running
proftpd_status() {
if [ -e /var/run/proftpd.pid ]; then
echo -n "proftpd is running as pid "
cat /var/run/proftpd.pid
else
echo "proftpd is not running (no pid)."
# exit 1
fi
}
case "$1" in
'start')
proftpd_start
;;
'stop')
proftpd_stop
;;
'restart')
proftpd_restart
;;
'status')
proftpd_status
;;
*)
echo "usage $0 start|stop|restart|status"
esac
The use of TZ was a fast fix to a timestamp issue in the logs.
Relevant lines from rc.local ...
Code:
# Start proftpd
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.proftpd ]; then
sh /etc/rc.d/rc.proftpd start
fi
Relevant lines from rc.local_shutdown ...
Code:
# Stop proftpd
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.proftpd ]; then
sh /etc/rc.d/rc.proftpd stop
fi
These files work for me. However, starting from inetd may be all you need.
@BW-userx With the help of Didier Spaier it looks like you have a simple solution. In case you run into other issues (and since I already dug up the files ) I'll share my basic setup.
These files work for me. However, starting from inetd may be all you need.
yeah their is a big difference between inetd and Xinetd inside its guts. I opened up xinetd.conf and it was almost empty. the instructions blurp I seen somewhere, could have been on slackBuilds, was to just mv xnetd.conf over top inetd.conf if I remember correctly. Which left it bare, their is no line within xnetd.conf to start up any other service other then itself?
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) I'll share my basic setup.
