Date:  Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:14:29 -0700 (PDT)
From:  mailing list <sunlist (at mark) yahoo.com>
Subject:  [coba-e:13548] Re: FTP not running error
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
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In-Reply-To:  <C4A1408B.170EC5%robb (at mark) netstep.net>
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--- On Mon, 7/14/08, robb kinnin <robb (at mark) netstep.net> wrote:

> > * The FTP server is not running and could not be
> restarted. In the Server
> > Desktop, try turning the FTP server off then on again
> to see if this corrects
> > the problem. If the FTP server is still unable to
> start, try rebooting the
> > server itself by clicking the Reboot Now button in the
> Power menu under System
> > Settings. If the FTP server is still unable to start,
> please refer
> > http://BlueQuartz.org/ for technical support.
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> This has been showing up alot on my BQ box.  I turn FTP off
> and then back on
> and within 10/15 minutes I see the same error again in the
> GUI Active
> Monitor system.  
> 
> I did thwart a would-be hacker earlier in the ftp that was
> hammering the ftp
> process....but even after that was taken care of we still
> get the error.

At the shell, as root, do: (I take it you're using proftpd)
/etc/init.d/proftpd stop
<wait several seconds>
/etc/init.d/proftpd start

To limit ftp access, you can use /etc/hosts.deny file to deny services:

in.ftpd : x.x.x.x x.x.x.x/255.255.255.0 .domain.com
in.proftpd : 
sshd : 

(replace x with appropriate IPs, etc. /etc/hosts.allow and
/etc/hosts.deny is currently available on the system).

Regards,


Mike