Plesk FTP problems [ProFTPD]

[dstanley]

Hi

could someone attach the default config file for ProFTPD please.

I think mine is damaged.

Can some1 instruct me how to start/stop the service.

How do i restore all the files?

 

[hardweb]

A standard file (for Linux) looks like:
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#
# To have more informations about Proftpd configuration
# look at : http://www.proftpd.org/
#

# This is a basic ProFTPD configuration file (rename it to
# 'proftpd.conf' for actual use. It establishes a single server
# and a single anonymous login. It assumes that you have a user/group
# "nobody" and "ftp" for normal operation and anon.

ServerName "ProFTPD"
ServerType inetd
ServerType inetd
DefaultServer on
<Global>
DefaultRoot ~ psacln
AllowOverwrite on
ListOptions "-a"
</Global>
DefaultTransferMode binary
UseFtpUsers on

# Port 21 is the standard FTP port.
Port 21
# Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new dirs and files
# from being group and world writable.
Umask 022

# To prevent DoS attacks, set the maximum number of child processes
# to 30. If you need to allow more than 30 concurrent connections
# at once, simply increase this value. Note that this ONLY works
# in standalone mode, in inetd mode you should use an inetd server
# that allows you to limit maximum number of processes per service
# (such as xinetd)
MaxInstances 30

#Following part of this config file were generate by PSA automatically
#Any changes in this part will be overwritten by next manipulation
#with Anonymous FTP feature in PSA control panel.

#Include directive should point to place where FTP Virtual Hosts configurations
#preserved

ScoreboardFile /var/run/proftpd/scoreboard

# Primary log file mest be outside of system logrotate province

TransferLog /usr/local/psa/var/log/xferlog

#Change default group for new files and directories in vhosts dir to psacln

<Directory /home/httpd/vhosts>
GroupOwner psacln
</Directory>

Include /etc/proftpd.include
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Proftpd is through xinted. You must restart xinetd:

/etc/init.d/xinetd restart

in order to restart proftpd.

 

[dstanley]

Is it possible to change proftpd to standalone opposed to inetd mode?

How would i stop the existing and load as standalone?

 

[voodoochile]

FTP doesn't run as a "service" in the PSA world. They chose to wrap it with Inetd. Consequently, everytime a new FTP connection is made, the new config changes take effect.

http://forum.plesk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23527

CHeck that thread for some more info. Inetd is a bad idea and needs to be deprecated. I wish SW-Soft and the rest of the *nix world would quit using this as it really doesn't serve a purpose if your machine has more than 64mb of ram and is faster than a 486. Ugh.