vsftpd showing Offline

Installation went smoothly.
FTP was set as /etc/vsftpd.conf
set as initd.

Installation finished and FTP server is running but ISPConfig says its Offline.

Can someone explain how ISPConfig integrates within vsftpd for the Virtual Users?

What I dont understand is when I set the FTP to initd, what does that mean?
The Port is open and running.

Any help would be great.

 

Make sure vsftpd is listening on localhost. What's the output of

Code:

netstat -tap

?

I guess you mean inetd? That means that vsftpd is run by inetd instead of being a standalone daemon.

BTW, you should have installed Proftpd instead of vsftpd, it integrates better into ISPConfig.

 

Proftpd, I tryed this originally and had similar problems, everytime I started the proftpd, it kept saying that it could not start because the server was already running by another process....the problem was similar to the one here in the forums, I tryed the solutions written but still, ISPConfig said the Proftpd was still Offline and none of the Users could connect...thats why I chose to try VSFTPD but it looks like a similar problem.

Any Tips would be greatly welcome.

I would be more willing to have proftpd if thats the recommended way, but I will probably post here again

 

vsftpd is running as a standalone daemon here, but you said before you configured it to be run by inetd. So I guess we have a conflict here. Please run

Code:

kill -9 307

and restart inetd.

 

Thanks for helping falko, while I was waiting, I reverted back to ProFTPD as you suggested and made a new Install of ISPConfig.

The Proftpd is set as "Standalone" on a Debian Sarge box.
I set this on the ISP install, I have also added the:

to the /etc/proftpd.conf as suggested here.

When Users are created, the FTP access is accepted and all is working to plan, but:
In ISPConfig, the Service is showing as Offline
When starting Proftpd, the Double Server is shown but "SocketBindTight" cancels out the "Default Server".

netstat -tap:

Any Help would be appriciated.

 

There you go

 

You should change

Code:

127.0.0.1 localhost

to

Code:

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost

Proftpd is listening only on 217.20.115.118. What's in /etc/proftpd.conf?

 

As requested:

 

What's in /etc/proftpd_ispconfig.conf?
Can you restart Proftpd? What's the output of

Code:

netstat -tap

then?

 

After making the change to /etc/hosts as Falko suggested, this is the lastest:

In the proftp_ispconfig.conf is the standard:

 

Please add

Code:

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
DefaultRoot ~
AllowOverwrite on
Umask 002
</VirtualHost>

to /etc/proftpd.conf (right before the line Include /etc/proftpd_ispconfig.conf) and restart Proftpd.

 

Entry added to the proftpd.conf in the line before the include.
Restarted Proftpd with following message:

netstat -tap also updated:

But still showing Offline in ISPConfig.

 

But now Proftpd is listening also on localhost:

Please kill the current Proftpd process:

Code:

kill -9 9046

and start Proftpd again.

 

Killed and restarted:

Netstat -tap:

Still Offline and WebFTP not working.

 

What is wBBMods FTP?

 

Thats just what I named the Server:

http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showpost.php?p=29078

 

What happens if you comment out

Code:

Include /etc/proftpd_ispconfig.conf

in /etc/proftpd.conf and restart Proftpd?

 

Restarted and I dont receive the Warning message anymore, its just telling me its started.
But
still no joy in ISPConfig