I noticed that pureftp service is not listed anywhere in ispconfig (server services, status of service), even though it is install and configured. did something changed?
Nothing has changed regarding FTP in ISPConfig in the past few years. It might well be that FTP does not get listed there separately, but as mentioned, this has not changed.
The reason I asked, is because I can't use ftp to upload any files for web, it reject connection right away even 'ftp localhost' 20 and 21 are open in firewall so are the port range above 40100 I've purged and reinstalled pure-ftp-common and pure-ftp-mysql everything seem to go fine but .... root@icola:~# systemctl status pure-ftpd ● pure-ftpd.service Loaded: not-found (Reason: Unit pure-ftpd.service not found.) Active: active (exited) since Sun 2026-07-05 00:57:42 EDT; 8h ago CPU: 10ms Jul 05 00:57:42 icola systemd[1]: Starting pure-ftpd.service... Jul 05 00:57:42 icola systemd[1]: Started pure-ftpd.service. root@icola:~# systemctl start pure-ftp Failed to start pure-ftp.service: Unit pure-ftp.service not found. /etc/pure-ftpd = /auth /conf /db pure-ftpd.conf pureftpd-dir-aliases ----------------------------- ftp localhost bash: ftp: command not found
Purging wiped out the config most likely, so you will have to run an update with reconfigure services = yes afterwards. If you can't even connect, then this might be a firewall issue outside of ISPConfig.
no, its not new. I've had it for 2 years, only did updates. 'Fileserver' is not checked. I also temporarily disabled the firewall, but same error 'ftp command not found'
I did that twice , no change maybe I should just re-install if timeshift --restore don't fix the issue . my problem is, I spent so much time configuring that system during the years and I don't want to go through that experience again if I can avoid it.. what puzzled me is why the system now can't find any 'ftp" at all after updating. and re-configuring services. maybe the best option is to do a timeshift --restore from a previous backup to see if if gets me back at least to a point where "ftp localhost' didn't shoot out an error like 'ftp: command not found:
But the ftp command is neither related to pure-ftpd nor ISPConfig, so the error you get is no indication of a problem with your ISPConfig system or the ftp server. if you expect that there is a command ftp, not part of ISPConfig or pure-ftpd, and its not there anymore. then best is to install it again.
Thank you !, till and ahrasis for your help, I got it working.. I removed and purged all trace of pureftp and reinstall it... now it's working as before....
