Hmm for some reason ftpd stopped working at 23:59:04 on my server today (till now I've never had this problem!) This is a small part of the syslog file: Code: Nov 17 23:59:03 host /USR/SBIN/CRON[8644]: (root) CMD (/root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/ftp_logs.php &> /dev/null) Nov 17 23:59:04 host proftpd[18452]: localhost - ProFTPD killed (signal 15) Nov 17 23:59:04 host proftpd[18452]: localhost - ProFTPD 1.2.10 standalone mode SHUTDOWN Nov 17 23:59:04 host proftpd[8760]: localhost - Failed binding to 0.0.0.0, port 21: Address already in use Nov 17 23:59:04 host proftpd[8760]: localhost - Check the ServerType directive to ensure you are configured correctly. Anyone here who might know why this (suddenly today) started to happen? Again.. This is a first time for ftpd to shutdown like this in about 6 months!
It happened when ISPConfig tried to generate the FTP traffic statistics, but I'm not sure why. Maybe there was an active FTP session so that ProFTPd wasn't shut down fast enough when a new ProFTPd instance was already starting so that both collided...
You can specify an action in ISPConfig's monitoring section. For example, if ISPConfig sees that ProFTPd isn't running, you could specify Code: /etc/init.d/proftpd restart as the action so that ProFTPd would be started again. Have a look here: http://ispconfig.org/downloads/manual_en/manual_admin_en_src.htm#2_2_4
Nice one falko! I did not know about the "specify an action in ISPConfig's monitoring section" option! I've got it set now as a backup.
