Proftpd won't execute in FC11

Jim mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net
Mon Oct 26 20:28:06 UTC 2009


On 10/26/2009 04:06 PM, Roberto Ragusa wrote:
> Jim wrote:
>    
>> On 10/26/2009 12:33 PM, Jim wrote:
>>      
>    
>> I found this in Messages; What does it mean ?
>>
>> Oct 26 12:36:20 localhost proftpd[15234]: localhost.localdomain - Failed
>> binding to ::, port 21: Address already in use
>> Oct 26 12:36:20 localhost proftpd[15234]: localhost.localdomain - Check
>> the ServerType directive to ensure you are configured correctly.
>>      
> Your port 21 is already used by another program.
> Do you have another ftp server running?
>
> Try
>
>    netstat -lntp|grep 21
>
> to discover what it could be running.
> It could be vsftpd or maybe xinetd.
>
> Best regards.
>
>    
Looks like proftpd is already using it.
I'm running proftpd from the SU command line, that is the way to start, 
isn't it ?

# netstat -lntp | grep 21
tcp        0      0 :::21                       
:::*                        LISTEN      1817/proftpd: (acce




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