Re: [cobalt-users] log file weirdness

[Jay Summers <jay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I recently restored my Qube2 back to "factory freshness" and then applied
> all the updates.  I noticed that my log files have all sorts of new entries
> (did not show up before) and I'm wondering what to make of them.  (this is a
> hobby box and I'm just learning my way around Linux so please excuse my
> ignorance).
> 
> Here are some of the log entries:
> 
> Unusual System Events
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> May 21 23:00:03 cube proftpd[10660]: cube.mynetwork.com - run-time
> scoreboard file '/var/run/proftpd/proftpd-inetd' appears to be from a newer
> version of proftpd (1.2.2rc1).
> May 21 23:00:03 cube proftpd[10660]: cube.mynetwork.com
> (cube.mynetwork.com[192.168.1.200]) - FTP session opened.
> May 21 23:00:03 cube proftpd[10660]: cube.mynetwork.com
> (cube.mynetwork.com[192.168.1.200]) - no such user 'active_monitor'
> May 21 23:00:03 cube proftpd[10660]: cube.mynetwork.com
> (cube.mynetwork.com[192.168.1.200]) - no such user 'active_monitor'
> May 21 23:00:03 cube proftpd[10660]: cube.mynetwork.com
> (cube.mynetwork.com[192.168.1.200]) - FTP session closed.
> May 21 23:15:04 cube proftpd[10837]: cube.mynetwork.com - run-time
> scoreboard file '/var/run/proftpd/proftpd-inetd' appears to be from a newer
> version of proftpd (1.2.2rc1).
> 
> ** above repeats every 15 minutes**
> 
> What can I do about the apparent version conflict of proftpd-inetd and the
> 'active_monitor' no such user problem? (or are these problems?)


Hey Jerry,

I ran into this with updates to Proftpd in the past. What I did was (on my
RAQ2):

1. Stop INET - /etc/rc.d/init.d/inet stop
2. rm /var/run/proftpd/proftpd-inetd
3. Start INET - /etc/rc.d/init.d/inet start

It should create a new scoreboard file in /var/run/proftpd/ from the new
updated version of Proftpd. YMMV.

The other 'active monitor' thing is the Cobalt GUI checking to see if FTP is
running. You can ignore it or tell logcheck to ignore it.

HTH,
j