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Bug 157964

Summary: proftpd server wont start
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: miguel <miguelhatrick>
Component: [OLD] ServerAssignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Linux   
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Runtime testing required: ---

Description miguel 2006-12-12 13:30:32 UTC
The file /etc/init.d/proftpd has an error in line 21:

Goes -- /var/run/proftpd.pid where it should be -p var/run/proftpd.pid

18 start() {
19        checkconfig || return 1
20        ebegin "Starting proftpd"
21        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/proftpd -- /var/run/proftpd.pid
22        eend $?
23 }


should be
21        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/proftpd -p /var/run/proftpd.pid


The error when you try to start it up is:

tsutomete hasp # /etc/init.d/proftpd start
 * Starting proftpd ...
 - unknown parameter: '/var/run/proftpd.pid'
Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-12-12 13:34:34 UTC
No such thing there, you didn't run etc-update/dispatch-conf on upgrade.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 137817 ***