Proftpd not restarting...help

Nyc0n · 06-22-2002, 09:16 PM

i am running slackware 8.0, i wanted to block a user from accessing my ftp server, and without thinking ran the command "ftpshut now" and i cannot get the thing to comeback online for the life of me!! i have tried rebooting multipul times....moving the pids so it cant find them....restarting inetd, and it wont restart, and when you try to log in it says ftp shut down (time) please try again later....please help...i really need my ftp server to be back online agian....help help help

nyc0n

Jazm · 06-23-2002, 01:04 AM

ftpprod should do it. I don't quite know what the 'ftpshut now' did but you should be able to just restart it as root.

Nyc0n · 06-23-2002, 08:46 AM

root@nyc0nfs:~# proftpd
nyc0nfs.nyc0n.2y.net - Fatal: Socket operation on non-socket
nyc0nfs.nyc0n.2y.net - (Running from command line? Use `ServerType standalone' in config file!)
root@nyc0nfs:~#

root@nyc0nfs:~# ftpprod
bash: ftpprod: command not found
root@nyc0nfs:~#

that is what i get when i run proftpd and ftpprod....it just will not come back online....

doublefailure · 06-23-2002, 04:46 PM

# service proftpd restart
?

Noerr · 06-23-2002, 05:32 PM

check logs in /var/log/messages

Nyc0n · 06-24-2002, 07:28 PM

am i supposed to put something where that "service" is? in service proftpd restart? cause it says command not found...and i tried it without the service and it says it has to start with inetd, which is how its set up.....also what am i looking in the log files for? there is nothing special in there...just repeats the error message....

nyc0n

Mik · 06-25-2002, 07:04 AM

When you run the command ftpshut the file /etc/shutmsg is created. If this file is present then the ftpservers will shutdown. So just remove that file or rename it and try to restart the ftp server.