Re: vsftpd hung up

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 12:43:57PM -0700, Tom N. Eastgard wrote:
> Bob McClure Jr wrote:
> 
> >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/.
> >
> That did it...thanks a heap!  te

Glad I could help.

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