HELP! Huge ProFTPD problem.


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for some reason ftp://derek.damnserver.com

my ftp site, no longer works. i reformatted my box yesterday and the website itself works but the ftp access is down, i have proftpd but it is acting up, if i type service proftpd status i get this message:

proftpd dead but subsys locked

thats not a good sign...can someone help me please!!!!???! :cry:

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no as of now...i have a problem even starting the server itself...i need to completely kill it but it seems to not die all the way for some reason. plz help!!!

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Try this and this but I found this to work all the time:

That means that another process is already running as an FTP server.

use "fuser -n tcp 21" to find the process-id(s) that are using it. Use

"ps -awlx | grep process-id-number" to find out what that process is,

and deal with it accordingly.

Try the other 2 links if that doesn't work. They deal with killing off a few lock files.

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i removed proftpd and am not reinstalling...this makes absolutely no sense why its not working.

im willing to give webmin access for someone to fix this.

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screw proftpd. in the spirit of linux, i replaced it with a better server :D...check it out:

Name: pure-ftpd

Version: 1.0.16-1mdk

Size: 487 KB

Summary: Lightweight, fast and secure FTP server

Description: Pure-FTPd is a fast, production-quality, standard-comformant FTP server, based upon Troll-FTPd. Unlike other popular FTP servers, it has no known security flaw, it is really trivial to set up and it is especially designed for modern Linux and FreeBSD kernels (setfsuid, sendfile, capabilities) . Features include PAM support, IPv6, chroot()ed home directories, virtual domains, built-in LS, anti-warez system, bandwidth throttling, FXP, bounded ports for passive downloads, UL/DL ratios, native LDAP and SQL support, Apache log files and more.

worked OUT OF THE BOX. proving it was proftpd's fault not mine.

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Pure-FTPd is the shiznit! It is so easy to set up virtual users on it and all of the settings are done with command line switches. It's my favorite FTP server...yum.

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so how do u modify the motd in pure-ftpd? i cant seem to figure it out...

* Initial banner.

-> How do I display a customized message before the login prompt?

Compile with --with-cookie and run the server with -F <file name> . In that

file, put a nice customized banner message.

# if pure-ftpd has been compiled --with-cookie, you can supply a

# fortune file with witty quotes or just a MOTD here:

# --fortunesfile /usr/share/games/fortune/zippy

What can you not figure out about this?

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so then i just need to stick a .banner file in that /var/ folder?

What /var folder? You can point to whatever file you want, looks to me with either a flag when you start the server - or in the config file, etc.. What is the /var folder you are talking about?

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