# ./proftpd start * Could not get dependency info for "proftpd"! * Could not get dependency info for "proftpd"! * Starting proftpd... [ ok ] free /etc/proftpd # ps -A | grep proftpd free /etc/proftpd # Okay, so it's not running. /etc/init.d has: depend() { need net } -- so I don't know what the complaint is. This happens whether using the sample proftpd.conf or a custom one that's know to have been good on another machine. This is with ProFTPD Version 1.2.9rc1, emerged today. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge proftpd 2. cp /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf.sample to proftpd.conf 3. /etc/init.d/proftpd start Actual Results: * Could not get dependency info for "proftpd"! * Could not get dependency info for "proftpd"! * Starting proftpd... [ ok ] -- but no proftpd running Expected Results: Normal startup, or meaningful error message somewhere (the logs only repeat the dependency info complaint). Portage 2.0.48-r5 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.2, glibc-2.3.1-r4) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20-gentoo-r2 i686 Pentium Pro GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" CONFIG_PROTECT="/usr/kde/2/share/config /etc /var/qmail/control /var/bind /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" USE="x86 oss 3dnow apm avi crypt cups encode foomaticdb gif jpeg kde libg++ mad mikmod mmx mpeg ncurses nls pdflib png quicktime spell truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib gdbm berkdb slang readline arts tetex svga tcltk guile mysql X sdl gpm tcpd pam libwww ssl perl python esd imlib oggvorbis gtk qt motif opengl cdr -java -gnome mbox -apache2" COMPILER="gcc3" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentiumpro -O2 -pipe" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" MAKEOPTS="-j2" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="sandbox ccache"
Typo corrections: Was quoting the depends section from /etc/init.d/proftpd, and "know to be good" should have been "known to be good."
it didnt fail, if you notice, it said [ ok ] run depscan.sh, those are just warnings, not errors *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 23614 ***
Well, it failed in terms of it wasn't running. The actual error was an /etc/inetd.conf that didn't have the ftp line commented out (can't recall at this point when that file got installed - but I've never run ftpd from inetd). Commenting that out and restarting inetd, then zapping and restarting proftpd did result in a successful start. So the failure wasn't related to the warnings. But it was failing, and not throwing a message to that effect, claiming [OK] when it wasn't.
if you shut down inetd does proftpd work ?
As a note... I re-emerged proftpd yesterday and experienced the... * Could not get dependency info for "proftpd"! * Could not get dependency info for "proftpd"! This disappears after a depscan.sh is run... after a reboot... etc... This won't cause the server to stop from running. Are you still having problems?
if depscan resolves this issue, mark it as dupe of bug #23614
definately a duplicate. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 23614 ***
