Re: vsftpd hung up

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 11:56:49AM -0700, Tom N. Eastgard wrote:
> Rick Stevens wrote:
> 
> >Tom N. Eastgard wrote:
> >
> >>Greetings,
> >>
> >>Somehow I managed to get my vsftp daemon hung up: Status message is 
> >>"vsftpd dead but subsys locked".   This persists inspite of attempts 
> >>to restart it and repeated reboots.  I'm looking for suggestions on 
> >>how to unhang it...?  TIA, Tom
> >
> >
> >Try deleting any file in /var/run that has "vsftp" in the filename,
> >e.g. "/var/run/vsftpd.pid"
> I just checked...there were none to delete.  te

Look for a lockfile in /var/lock/subsys/.

Cheers,
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Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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