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[JackMitchell]

Hey all

I'm a little confused to whats going on here

Resolving host name 64.69.65.57...
Connecting to (64.69.65.57).
Connected to (64.69.65.57) -> IP: 64.69.65.57 PORT: 21.
Socket connected waiting for login sequence.
Cannot login waiting to retry (30s)...

Can some enlighten me what im doing wrong?

Thanks

[Slidey]

what ftpd are you using ?

surely you dont think we can help you out with that little information ?

sayign that, my guess is you havent installed it properly..

[JackMitchell]

Sorry for the lack of info

I'm running proftpd 1.2.8

And its only stopped working since the ns were put up, any ideas? I'm running RedHat 8.0 with apache 2.x

Thanks

[teck]

Looks like ftpd isn't running. Try restarting proftpd.

Just to make sure it's not your connection, ssh into your server and:

ftp 127.1

Then see if you get a login prompt.

[JackMitchell]

Here are my results:

[root@vds005 root]# ftp 127.0.0.1
ftp: connect: Connection refused

So, does this mean proftpd isnt running? I tried starting it, and it doesnt seem to work still

[teck]

Yeah, it looks like ftpd is not running. What does your error_log say after you restart ftpd.

[JackMitchell]

Sorry if i seem a bit dumb but im still learning.. where is the error_log? the command: service proftpd start doesnt work so i start it with: /usr/local/sbin/proftpd

Thanks

[teck]

Thats not going to work..

Check in /etc/rc.d/init.d

Look for anything ftp related..

[JackMitchell]

Nothing to do with proftpd, ftpd or the word ftp

[dreamspsx]

use netstat -ln to see if any service on port 21!

[Slidey]

ok a few things to check with proftpd

1 you need to actually define if you're starting it with inetd or starting it standalone. this is defined in teh config file
(possible /usr/local/etc/proftpd.conf but this can change). set it to standalone, then run proftpd -d9 -n which will increase logging and run it without forking (eg it will run it in the foreground). if it doesnt quit straight away (it'll return an error if it does, and return you to the command prompt. paste the error here if it does that), try connecting to it and see what it does. paste any errors etc if you get them

[dreamspsx]

This is the err I got when I run proftpd -d9 -n, any clue?

[Slidey]

that looks as though either proftpd or another ftp daemon is already running

netstat -tlnp|grep :21 should show you whats doing it

[dreamspsx]

hello, slidey, I am sure proftpd is running! Just configuration wasn't correct! I can't login to it! Every time I try to login, it shows up 530 pwd error!
This is my conf file:
------------------------
</Global>

RequireValidShell on
UserAlias ftp rain2002
DefaultRoot /var/ftp/rain2002
DefaultRoot /var/ftp/rain2002
Group ftp
User ftp
userPassword ftp movie123
AllowRetrieveRestart on
DefaultServer on
---------------------
so from above, should I be login as ftp:movie123?
thank you!