Date:  Mon, 7 Dec 2009 19:18:24 +0100
From:  Michael Stauber <bq (at mark) solarspeed.net>
Subject:  [coba-e:16191] Re: Slow login
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
Message-Id:  <200912071918.25118.bq (at mark) solarspeed.net>
In-Reply-To:  <45DACA7BE1DEA245AF6C95E5B94E531B1C9EE50D86 (at mark) datastore.mainline.local>
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Hi Colin,

> Proftpd won't start now at all  ...
>
> [root@server5 etc]# service proftpd start
> Starting proftpd: server5.mainline.co.uk - fatal: Socket operation on
> non-socket [FAILED]
>
> If I change it from Inetd to standalone in proftpd.conf  it will start but
> nobody can login ... maybe the problems are linked?

No, leave it to "inetd". Usually Proftpd is launched through Xinetd, so you 
don't start it by running "/etc/init.d/proftpd start" but by running 
"/etc/init.d/xinetd restart".

The "Socket operation on non-socket" probably happened because it was already 
running through Xinetd when you tried to restart it in Standalone mode.

-- 
With best regards,

Michael Stauber