ProFTPd doesn't start

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I am not able to start the service after rebooting the machine.

THis is my lof file…

Jun 5 00:17:03 CentOS-65-64-minimal named[1116]: error (unexpected RCODE REFUSED) resolving ‘12.228.207.183.in-addr.arpa/PTR/IN’: 211.136.17.105#53
Jun 5 00:17:03 CentOS-65-64-minimal named[1116]: error (unexpected RCODE REFUSED) resolving ‘12.228.207.183.in-addr.arpa/PTR/IN’: 211.136.20.201#53
Jun 5 00:17:04 CentOS-65-64-minimal named[1116]: error (unexpected RCODE REFUSED) resolving ‘253.208.26.70.in-addr.arpa/PTR/IN’: 207.236.176.21#53
Jun 5 00:17:04 CentOS-65-64-minimal named[1116]: error (unexpected RCODE SERVFAIL) resolving ‘169.212.210.192.in-addr.arpa/PTR/IN’: 199.21.112.12#53
Jun 5 00:17:06 CentOS-65-64-minimal named[1116]: error (unexpected RCODE SERVFAIL) resolving ‘169.212.210.192.in-addr.arpa/PTR/IN’: 199.21.112.12#53
Jun 5 00:17:06 CentOS-65-64-minimal named[1116]: error (unexpected RCODE REFUSED) resolving ‘77.66.215.112.in-addr.arpa/PTR/IN’: 202.152.254.245#53
Jun 5 00:17:06 CentOS-65-64-minimal named[1116]: error (unexpected RCODE REFUSED) resolving ‘77.66.215.112.in-addr.arpa/PTR/IN’: 202.152.254.246#53
Jun 5 00:17:10 CentOS-65-64-minimal named[1116]: error (unexpected RCODE REFUSED) resolving ‘12.228.207.183.in-addr.arpa/PTR/IN’: 211.136.17.105#53
Jun 5 00:17:10 CentOS-65-64-minimal named[1116]: error (unexpected RCODE REFUSED) resolving ‘12.228.207.183.in-addr.arpa/PTR/IN’: 211.136.20.201#53
Jun 5 00:17:18 CentOS-65-64-minimal named[1116]: error (unexpected RCODE REFUSED) resolving ‘77.66.215.112.in-addr.arpa/PTR/IN’: 112.215.37.183#53
Jun 5 00:17:25 CentOS-65-64-minimal named[1116]: error (unexpected RCODE REFUSED) resolving ‘77.66.215.112.in-addr.arpa/PTR/IN’: 112.215.37.182#53
Jun 5 00:28:11 CentOS-65-64-minimal saslauthd[1381]: do_auth : auth failure: [user=success] [service=smtp] [realm=] [mech=pam] [reason=PAM auth error]
Jun 5 00:38:58 CentOS-65-64-minimal saslauthd[1382]: do_auth : auth failure: [user=baby] [service=smtp] [realm=] [mech=pam] [reason=PAM auth error]
Jun 5 00:50:59 CentOS-65-64-minimal saslauthd[1380]: do_auth : auth failure: [user=suckit] [service=smtp] [realm=] [mech=pam] [reason=PAM auth error]
Jun 5 01:08:29 CentOS-65-64-minimal saslauthd[1384]: do_auth : auth failure: [user=backup] [service=smtp] [realm=] [mech=pam] [reason=PAM auth error]
Jun 5 01:14:03 CentOS-65-64-minimal saslauthd[1383]: do_auth : auth failure: [user=summer] [service=smtp] [realm=] [mech=pam] [reason=PAM auth error]
Jun 5 01:37:54 CentOS-65-64-minimal saslauthd[1381]: do_auth : auth failure: [user=badboy] [service=smtp] [realm=] [mech=pam] [reason=PAM auth error]
Jun 5 01:38:16 CentOS-65-64-minimal saslauthd[1382]: do_auth : auth failure: [user=sunny] [service=smtp] [realm=] [mech=pam] [reason=PAM auth error]
Jun 5 01:40:12 CentOS-65-64-minimal kernel: warning: `proftpd’ uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy support in use)
Jun 5 02:01:42 CentOS-65-64-minimal saslauthd[1380]: do_auth : auth failure: [user=sunshine] [service=smtp] [realm=] [mech=pam] [reason=PAM auth error]

thanks!
G

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problem was a conflict with vsftpd. For some reasons I did try to install it some days ago but since my FTP access was working fine, I never bother to uninstall it. After reboot, ProFTPd didn’t work anymore.
So I have uninstalled vsftpd and I also reinstalled (via Webmin (YUM)) proftpd.

Now the service starts but it doesn’t allow any user to login “530 Login incorrect”

THank you for helping.

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Howdy,

Do you by chance have a third party repository enabled?

What is the output of this particular command:

rpm -qa | grep -i proftp

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Hi Andrey!

How do I find out if I had 3rd party repos enabled?

I have the same 503 error no matter what FTP server I install.

THis is the latest part of the secure log

Jun 5 05:10:06 CentOS-65-64-minimal vsftpd[9050]: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_userdb.so): /lib/security/pam_userdb.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Jun 5 05:10:06 CentOS-65-64-minimal vsftpd[9050]: PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_userdb.so Jun 5 05:10:24 CentOS-65-64-minimal vsftpd[9067]: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_userdb.so): /lib/security/pam_userdb.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Jun 5 05:10:24 CentOS-65-64-minimal vsftpd[9067]: PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_userdb.so Jun 5 05:15:02 CentOS-65-64-minimal su: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib64/security/pam_fprintd.so): /lib64/security/pam_fprintd.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Jun 5 05:15:02 CentOS-65-64-minimal su: PAM adding faulty module: /lib64/security/pam_fprintd.so Jun 5 05:15:02 CentOS-65-64-minimal su: pam_unix(su:session): session opened for user postgres by (uid=0) Jun 5 05:15:02 CentOS-65-64-minimal su: pam_unix(su:session): session closed for user postgres

and this is the vsftp config

anonymous_enable=NO local_enable=YES chroot_local_user=YES userlist_deny=YES check_shell=NO pam_service_name=vsftpd write_enable=YES userlist_enable=YES

thanks!

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and by the way… I can login as anonymous

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Here the solution to this sh… that took my whole f… day!!!

http://blog.redbranch.net/2012/04/17/proftpd-centos-6-pam-unable-to-dlopen-lib64securitypam_stack-so/

I am p…ed!!!

anyway thank you for trying Eric