Date:  Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:48:38 -0500
From:  "Gerald Waugh" <gwaugh (at mark) frontstreetnetworks.com>
Subject:  [coba-e:12263] Re: The FTP server is not running
To:  <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
Message-Id:  <01e401c8852a$197863a0$0101a8c0@systemax>
In-Reply-To:  <00b301c88523$c1d41370$e5b418ac@dell>
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Arthur Sherman wrote
> 
> I get all the time this:
> ---
> Active Monitor has detected recent changes in the state of your server
> appliance.
> For more details, please see the Active Monitor section of the Server
> Desktop.
> 
I believe that is a false indication of the service.
Maybe as the localhost can't connect immediately, times out.
But the service is actually running...
Try looking at;
  cat /var/log/messages | grep proftpd 
See if you can find the error, where swatch could not connect

Gerald