Date:  Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:55:13 +0100
From:  "Colin Jack" <colin (at mark) mainline.co.uk>
Subject:  [coba-e:15811] FTP Server problems
To:  <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
Message-Id:  <45DACA7BE1DEA245AF6C95E5B94E531B17D1701853 (at mark) datastore.mainline.local>
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One of my BQ servers has suddenly developed a problem with the FTP server stopping and starting every few minutes.

This server is one of my 'old faithful' BQ servers and has been rock solid for years. I am the only admin on it and I haven't done anything on there for ages. There have been no recent yum updates.

I have looked through the logs but cannot find what the problem is - just lots of these in messages:

Jul 11 10:15:03 server1 cced(smd)[29921]: client 0:[0:29902]: SET  18 . FTP lastChange = 1247303703 currentState = G currentMessage = "[[base-ftp.amStatusOK]]"
Jul 11 10:30:13 server1 cced(smd)[3704]: client 0:[0:3666]: SET  18 . FTP lastChange = 1247304613 currentState = R currentMessage = "[[base-ftp.amNotResponding]]"
Jul 11 10:30:19 server1 proftpd[3932]: server1.mainline.co.uk (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - FTP session opened.
Jul 11 10:30:19 server1 proftpd[3932]: server1.mainline.co.uk (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - FTP session closed.
Jul 11 10:45:13 server1 cced(smd)[8114]: client 0:[0:8059]: SET  18 . FTP lastChange = 1247305513 currentState = R currentMessage = "[[base-ftp.amNotResponding]]"
Jul 11 10:45:19 server1 proftpd[9308]: server1.mainline.co.uk (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - FTP session opened.
Jul 11 10:45:19 server1 proftpd[9308]: server1.mainline.co.uk (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - FTP session closed.
Jul 11 11:00:04 server1 proftpd[14127]: server1.mainline.co.uk (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - FTP session opened.
Jul 11 11:00:04 server1 proftpd[14127]: server1.mainline.co.uk (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - FTP session closed.
Jul 11 11:00:04 server1 cced(smd)[13915]: client 0:[0:13900]: SET  18 . FTP lastChange = 1247306404 currentState = G currentMessage = "[[base-ftp.amStatusOK]]"

No log in /var/log/proftpd

[root@server1 proftpd]# proftpd -v
ProFTPD Version 1.3.2

Anybody able to help me track down the problem.

Thanks

Colin