FTP server offline after fresh install

FTP server is offline in ISPConfig
I got this error when installing

Code:

Restarting ProFTPD ftp daemon..
.. - getaddrinfo 'mydomain.com' error: Temporary failure in name resolution
 - warning: unable to determine IP address of 'mydomain.com'
 - error: no valid servers configured
 - Fatal: error processing configuration file '/etc/proftpd.conf'

It seems to me that it's failing to get address info for the domain name I entered. Is it possible for me to change the domain to be my IP address? How would I do this?

Any help would be appreciated

 

Your hostname has to exist in DNS.
You can either create proper DNS records for your hostname, or give your system another hostname like this:

Code:

echo server1.example.com > /etc/hostname
/bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname

, or modify /etc/hosts and add your current hostname to the 127.0.0.1 line.

 

Got it working

I just reinstalled again and now it works.

 

Uhmm, here is my /etc/hostname

Code:

alcon

And here is /etc/hosts

Code:

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost alcon

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts

I have configured a domain in ispconfig with this machine: abejasalud.cl (www.abejasalud.cl with NS1 ns1.abejasalud.cl), but that is all. I'm experiencing problems with proftpd... after some time the server gets offline and trys to start with /etc/init.d/proftpd start but it never can, until I reboot. Could this something to do with it?
Many thanks

 

His /etc/proftpd_ispconfig.conf:

Code:

###################################
#
# ISPConfig proftpd Configuration File
#         Version 1.0
#
###################################
<VirtualHost 200.104.78.7>
        DefaultRoot             ~
        AllowOverwrite          on
        Umask                   002
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost 200.104.78.7>
        DefaultRoot             ~
        AllowOverwrite          on
        Umask                   002
</VirtualHost>

Maybe the problem is that it should be with something like www.abejasalud.cl or something? And why is it repeated twice?

 

Do you get any error messages when you try to restart Proftpd? Is there anything in the logs?

 

Nothing strange in the syslog but this:

Code:

Dec 20 06:34:39 localhost postfix/smtp[9078]: connect to mx.vtr.net[200.83.1.24]: server refused to talk to me: 554 mx02.vtr.net Service not available - access denied   (port 25)
Dec 20 06:34:39 localhost postfix/smtp[9078]: 3B5441DDE: to=<[email protected]>, relay=none, delay=107677, status=deferred (connect to mx.vtr.net[200.83.1.24]: server refused to talk to me: 554 mx02.vtr.net Service not available - access denied  )

Code:

Dec 20 06:35:55 localhost proftpd[9204]: localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]) - FTP session opened. 
Dec 20 06:35:55 localhost proftpd[9204]: localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]) - mod_delay/0.4: delaying for 12 usecs 
.
.
.
Dec 20 06:17:59 localhost proftpd[7890]: localhost.localdomain - ProFTPD killed (signal 15) 
Dec 20 06:17:59 localhost proftpd[7890]: localhost.localdomain - ProFTPD 1.2.10 standalone mode SHUTDOWN 
Dec 20 06:18:01 localhost proftpd[8236]: localhost.localdomain - ProFTPD 1.2.10 (stable) (built do mrt 22 18:28:32 CET 2001) standalone mode STARTUP 

 

The first log entries are for Postfix, not Proftpd.

Do you see any error messages when you try to restart Proftpd?