Hi Hisao,
I will try that and post anything that I find.
Thanks
Colin
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hisao SHIBUYA [mailto:shibuya (at mark) alpha.or.jp]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:53 AM
> To: coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
> Subject: [coba-e:15351] Re: Re Broken FTP
>
> Hi Colin,
>
> Could you try to execute '/usr/sbin/swatch -c /etc/swatch.conf'.
> This will check all services, if some check script will be waiting
> for time out for a long time.
> It maybe some error will be occurred.
>
> Regards,
> Hisao
>
>
> On Mar 18, 2009, at 2:18 AM, Colin Jack wrote:
>
> >>> Absolutely nothing has changed other than the yum update which
> >>> updated
> >>> ProFTPD.
> >>> The servers are colocoed at two different data centres.
> >>>
> >>> Nope nothing untoward in the logs.
> >>
> >> Look at /usr/sausalito/swatch/bin/am_ftp.exp
> >> And try to run the telnet commands manually and see if you get
> >> errors.
> >> telnet localhost 21
> >> Then expect response;
> >> "Connected to"
> >> Then expect response;
> >> "220 "
> >> Then send;
> >> QUIT or quit
> >> Then expect response;
> >> "221 "
> >> This should all work.
> >> Then execute;
> >> swatch | cat /var/log/messages | grep cced | grep ftp
> >>
> >> We have found that several servers we configured and updated give
> >> 'Active
> >> Monitor' errors, but FTP is actually working.
> >> It may be a timeout issue. Strangely, the Stongbolt servers did not
> >> have
> >> this issue.
> >>
> >> Gerald
> >
> > The FTP is definitely stopping, because I get the phone calls :)
> >
> > It is only for a short while and then kicks in again. It was only
> > one server that had the problem but yesterday and today we are
> > seeing it on others.
> >
> > I need to 'catch' it when it is down and see what is and isn't
> > running and what I can find in the logs.
> >
> > Thanks for the input - I will let you know how I get on.
> >
> > Colin
> >
> >
> >
> >
>