Like some others, I am having trouble getting ProFTPD to start. I have run through the forums to see if I can’t find a solution to tag onto, and realized it would likely be a more organized approach to start a new thread.
My suspicion, though I hope this is not misleading, is that a previous install of vsftpd is conflicting with ProFTPD. I have removed the connection between vsFTPD and port 21, but I still get no love with the ProFTPD connection.
Here are the details:
Trying to connect using FTP on licenced client software “Fetch”.
When I click start server it just returns this:
“Failed to start FTP server : Starting proftpd: [FAILED]”
… and no other data.
I am using:
CentOS release 6.8 (Final)
Webmin version 1.831
Virtualmin version 5.07
Linux 2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64 on x86_64
/var/log/proftpd is empty
/var/log/messages has nothing related to proftpd
netstat -an | grep :21
Gives me:
tcp 0 0 :::21 :::* LISTEN
/etc/init.d/proftpd restart
Gives me:
Shutting down proftpd: [ OK ]
Starting proftpd: [FAILED]
Restarting the service within Webmin:
Starting proftpd: [FAILED]
proftpd --configtest
Gives me:
Checking syntax of configuration file
Syntax check complete.
/usr/sbin/proftpd
Gives me nothing.
Attempting to apply changes (without actually making any changes) in the Webmin ProFTPD server module results in this message:
Failed to apply FTP configuration :
Checking syntax of configuration file
- Fatal: SFTPHostKey: unable to check ‘/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key’: Permission denied on line 287 of ‘/etc/proftpd.conf’
Note: the rsa key file and the dsa key file both exist in the location indicated on lines 287/8, though I don’t know how to ensure they are the correct keys.
service --status-all
Gives me:
proftpd (pid 28561) is running…
I’m lost!
What to try next?!?
Thanking the forum in advance.