[cobalt-users] Recent ProFTPd update

["J.F. Charland" <jfc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi John

Regrettably, I ran the update on Saturday (luckily on a weekend!) on my Raq
XTR and as soon as the update was completed, the FTP server would not allow
any connections. Through the GUI, I restarted the FTP server several times
to no avail. I even rebooted the box. Not very encouraging!  :)

I eventually found that the update had added some strange and duplicated
entries in the FTP conf file: /etc/proftpd.conf

Make a backup of the file and then just remove the entries that don't make
any sense (each entry should list an IP associated with your box. Be sure to
backup. If you have not installed the update yet, make a backup of this file
BEFORE updating!!

If anyone has a better explanation of why the update does this, please let
us all know.

J.F. Charland
totalsupport.ca

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From: "NiceGamez" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 19:54:44 +0100
Subject: [cobalt-users] [raq 550] FTP problems after update
Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi,

Today I get an update on my cobalt for proFTP but I get the follow error now
after installing":

The FTP server is not running and could not be restarted. In the Server
Desktop, try turning the FTP server off then on again to see if this
corrects the problem. If the FTP server is still unable to start, try
rebooting the server itself by clicking the Reboot Now button in the Power
menu under System Settings. If the FTP server is still unable to start,
please refer http://www.sun.com/service/online/ for technical support.

How to fix this?

John
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