proftpd question
 

everytime i reboot the machine, i have to manually start proftpd what do i have to do for it to automaticly start?

thanks in advance

What distro are you using?

The simplest way to do this is simply put the command to start proftpd in your /etc/rc.local file.

redhat 9

btw that doesn't work: (

any1?

if you use xinetd, place a file called proftpd in your /etc/xinetd.d directory.
Out the following in this file:

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service ftp
{
disable = no
flags = REUSE
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/in.proftpd
log_on_success += DURATION USERID
log_on_failure += USERID
nice = 10
}

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Next, in your /etc/proftpd.conf (if its not already done) change the servertype to inetd instead of standalone:

ServerType inetd



restart xinetd: service xinetd restart

thats it.. Next time you boot, proftpd should automatically be started, and start a daemon on request.

Good luck

nope :( it doesn't work aswell

I'm having a similar problem... even though I know how to start it up in inetd... I would like to try it out on xinetd...

I have a xinetd folder... and it has one thing in it... but when I try the "service xinetd restart" command... it says unreconized service... so there is no xinetd starting up...

How would I get it to start up?

KillerCheeto try the debug mode see what error message u get
type this: proftpd -n -d2
but normally the command "proftpd start" its ok

Argg I can't get it to automaticly start up :'( bohoo

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Which distro...

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Cool

I use Redhat Distro
Check in the /etc/rc.d/init.d folder, is there's a file xinetd ??
It should be there...

I have proftpd running fine, and automatically at boot. However, I did have the same problem... It was a problem with proftpd itself, check the log files (messages) for any errors...

autoboot
 

and how is it done for a standalone ?

It depends on your distro, but you can usually find an rc.local file on any distro. If you place the full path to the proftpd binary (/usr/sbin/proftpd probably) that file will execute it during startup. You can verify it's running by using:
ps aux | grep ftp
And it should reveal proftpd and it's pid.

Cool

aha thx


so you can compare rc.local with the win.ini file of windows i guess

If I knew windoze I could tell ya ;) Lucky for me I didn't waste my time mastering it, figured out how worthwhile my time would be spent learning something better, and bam! I'm here ;)

But yeah, likely it is :D

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