PROFTPD 1.2.7

[Fernando Ferri Wollner]

I have already put this line in /etc/inetd.conf
ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/sbin/protftpd proftpd
but it didn't work.
I always have to start it manually. What's going on?

Thanks

[Steve Steel]

Hi

1)Check the Online documentation at
http://www.proftpd.org


2)then replace the current ftp line in your /etc/inetd.conf with:

ftp stream tcp nowait root path/proftpd proftpd -l


Steve Steel

[Fernando Ferri Wollner]

Steve,
The -l option is used for list all the modules that you have installed. It does not work.
Thanks

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi,

Could you check your spelling

ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/sbin/protftpd proftpd
should be /usr/local/sbin/proftpd

Robert-Jan.

[Michael Knaup]

Just if the typo isn't in your config file.

Did you execute the "inetd -c" to reread the configuration file? You can check the syslog.log after that for error messages. inetd will log changes to the inetd.conf into syslog.log, when you do an "inetd -c".

[Fernando Ferri Wollner]

I have wrote it wrong, but it's OK in the file.

[Shannon Petry]

Well, I think you may not have a properly compiled proftpd. Shut down the inetd proftpd, and run manually with debug mode on.

Just comment out the ftpd line in /etc/inetd.conf and run "inetd -c" to update.
Edit your proftpd.conf file and change the mode from inet to standalone.

Then, run
proftpd -d 9

I think you will find that it's broken.

I was able to compile their source with lots of errors, and some of it I cleaned up. I never got a good compile of proftpd though, so gave up after a couple months of plinking at their source to try and make it work.

Regards,
Shannon