Freebsd and Proftpd
I just installed Proftpd from FreeBSD’s ports (/usr/ports/ftp/proftpd/) today and noticed that when I tried to start it, it wouldn’t start by default. I would get this:
-su# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/proftpd.sh start
Starting proftpd.
-su# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/proftpd.sh status
proftpd is not running.
I inspected /var/log/messages, and found this message
Feb 10 15:59:42 {hostname} proftpd [4375]: {hostname} - error opening scoreboard: No such file or directory.
What you have to do is edit /usr/local/etc/proftpd.conf and add the line
ScoreboardFile /var/run/proftpd.scoreboard
then execute the command
touch /var/run/proftpd.scoreboard
to create the file. Then when you run the startup script, you will get this message
-su# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/proftpd.sh start
Starting proftpd.
-su# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/proftpd.sh status
proftpd is running as pid 4576.
wilco Said,
June 16, 2005 @ 12:47 pm
Thanks,I am also encountering the same problem. I did they same way that you do and it solves.
Regards
Wilco
Raybdbomb Said,
June 16, 2005 @ 1:33 pm
Good to hear.
avidan Said,
July 12, 2005 @ 11:28 am
ya, it worked for me too. thanks much. perhaps the port-keeper for proftpd should be notified.
thanks again.
-avidan
Louis Said,
July 21, 2005 @ 6:14 pm
Thanks, adding the scoreboard file solved my problem!
A.Gurcan Ozturk Said,
August 18, 2005 @ 1:01 am
Its worked for me too, thanks.
jason Said,
September 20, 2005 @ 3:31 pm
Thank you very much for finding this out! Worked like a charm!