vsftpd dead but subsys locked ???

markstevens · 07-22-2003, 08:59 AM

And the FTP server is not working. I can not restart it...

What do I do.

2 consecutive reboots have failed to correct the problem as has numerous attempts to reload or restart vsftpd and xinetd

HELP

Please

ppuru · 07-22-2003, 09:01 AM

check /var/lock/subsys for existence of vsftpd.

delete it or rename it and try restarting vsftpd.

markstevens · 07-22-2003, 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ppuru
check /var/lock/subsys for existence of vsftpd.

delete it or rename it and try restarting vsftpd.

Tried that and then when I checked the status of the service it said it was stopped. So I started the service. It started and then the status says "vsftpd dead but subsys locked".

very confused and frustrated... I tell ya this is shapping up to be one of those weeks.

Any other ideas?

ppuru · 07-22-2003, 09:09 AM

any clues from the logs?

ppuru · 07-22-2003, 09:13 AM

Are you running vsftpd as a standalone service or from xinetd?

markstevens · 07-22-2003, 09:16 AM

No clues from the vsftpd log.

as to if I am running it stand alone or from xinetd. Well xinetd is running so I would assume I am running it from there? Not real sure... I am kinda the self taught type and don't have the most indepth knowledge of how this all works.

I am going to check the other logs...

ppuru · 07-22-2003, 09:20 AM

check /var/log/messages

look into /etc/xinetd.d/vsftpd and check whether disable=yes or no.

look into /etc/init.d for vsftpd ;

view your /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf and check whether there is a

listen=YES

have a look at this:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...568#post240568

markstevens · 07-22-2003, 09:21 AM

Ok looking at the boot log I found that along with vsftpd failing to kill but restarting I discoverd the follow line.

Jul 22 08:53:13 zippy cannakill: Cannot kill server,because server is run by another machine

We are running a samba connection for our tape backup.

What is canna and why is it run by another machine?

HAVE I BEEN HACKED????

ppuru · 07-22-2003, 09:27 AM

canna as in Canna? - with a capital C?

markstevens · 07-22-2003, 09:32 AM

Actually in the logs is is lowercase.

cannaserver, cannakill, canna

from messages

cannaserver[1692]: [root] Read request failed
canakill: Cannot kill server,because server is run by another machine
canna: Stopping Canna server: failed

ppuru · 07-22-2003, 09:54 AM

Not sure if cannakill has something to do with vsftpd.

Check the link I had included... your problem may be resolved by one of the 12 steps.

markstevens · 07-22-2003, 10:03 AM

I found out... canna is the japanese language support so I am not worried about it right now...

markstevens · 07-22-2003, 02:33 PM

I'm really suprised there is no answer for this problem. Even Redhat can't answer the question. This is not good....

ppuru · 07-22-2003, 11:39 PM

check your config files, location of the config files;

I am running vsftpd (not live) too but unable to break it to get the subsys locked error

.

markstevens · 07-23-2003, 08:23 AM

A quick note... I sent an E-mail to Chris at Beast.org (the creator of vsftpd) and he indicated that it is a RedHat problem. We have already talked to RedHat support and they have no clue. So now it is off to find a good RedHat specific list or board... I need a really strong RedHat geek to help with this....