Hello, It appears proftpd is running (when I do a netstat) but I can't connect to it with ISPConfig and running some debugging reveals some sort of error: root@ubuntu:/home/donovan# proftpd -t Checking syntax of configuration file - setting default address to 127.0.0.1 Syntax check complete. root@ubuntu:/home/donovan# proftpd -n -c /etc/proftpd.conf - setting default address to 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain - Failed binding to 0.0.0.0, port 21: Address already in use localhost.localdomain - Check the ServerType directive to ensure you are configured correctly. root@ubuntu:/home/donovan# proftpd -d 5 - mod_ctrls/0.9.4: binding ctrls socket to '/var/run/proftpd/proftpd.sock' - parsing '/etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf' configuration - parsing '/etc/proftpd/modules.conf' configuration - mod_tls/2.1.1: using OpenSSL 0.9.8e 23 Feb 2007 - disabling runtime support for IPv6 connections - DenyFilter: compiling deny regex '\*.*/' - <IfModule>: using 'mod_tls.c' section at line 90 - <IfModule>: skipping 'mod_quota.c' section at line 94 - <IfModule>: skipping 'mod_ratio.c' section at line 98 - <IfModule>: using 'mod_delay.c' section at line 106 - <IfModule>: using 'mod_ctrls.c' section at line 110 - mod_ctrls/0.9.4: closing ctrls socket '/var/run/proftpd/proftpd.sock' (3) - <IfModule>: using 'mod_ctrls_admin.c' section at line 118 - parsing '/etc/proftpd_ispconfig.conf' configuration - setting default address to 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain - localhost.localdomain - Config for Debian: localhost.localdomain - DeferWelcome localhost.localdomain - DefaultServer localhost.localdomain - ShowSymlinks localhost.localdomain - TimeoutNoTransfer localhost.localdomain - TimeoutStalled localhost.localdomain - TimeoutIdle localhost.localdomain - DisplayLogin localhost.localdomain - DisplayFirstChdir localhost.localdomain - ListOptions localhost.localdomain - DenyFilter localhost.localdomain - UserID localhost.localdomain - UserName localhost.localdomain - GroupID localhost.localdomain - GroupName localhost.localdomain - Umask localhost.localdomain - DirUmask localhost.localdomain - AllowOverwrite localhost.localdomain - TransferLog localhost.localdomain - TLSEngine localhost.localdomain - DelayEngine localhost.localdomain - DefaultRoot localhost.localdomain - IdentLookups localhost.localdomain - ServerIdent localhost.localdomain - localhost.localdomain - Config for Debian: localhost.localdomain - DefaultRoot localhost.localdomain - AllowOverwrite localhost.localdomain - Umask localhost.localdomain - mod_ctrls/0.9.4: binding ctrls socket to '/var/run/proftpd/proftpd.sock' root@ubuntu:/home/donovan# netstat -tap Active Internet connections (servers and established) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name tcp 0 0 *:mysql *:* LISTEN 4156/mysqld tcp 0 0 *:81 *:* LISTEN 17368/ispconfig_htt tcp 0 0 *:ftp *:* LISTEN 19043/proftpd: (acc [snip] Thanks for any help on this! Donovan
yes, done... However, now I'm thinking it was actually working and that I didn't know how to use ISPConfig! I think this is one of those RTFM things... because I believe I just had to set up a site first in ISPConfig. Now that I have a site set up, Web-FTP is not hanging. ?? It appears I am good to go until my next noob confusion. thanks, Donovan