Re: proftpd won't allow me to connect -- SOLVED

Got it: the proftpd deb was compiled for use without a shadow file :-( I reinstalled the machine without a shadow file and now it works. Nico On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 03:56:06PM +0200, Nico De Ranter wrote: > ServerType is standalone and the deamon is running > > ps -ef > ... > ftpd 288

Re: proftpd won't allow me to connect

ServerType is standalone and the deamon is running ps -ef ... ftpd 288 1 0 Aug29 ?00:00:00 proftpd (accepting connections) ... according to netstat -a there is indeed something listening on the ftp port: tcp0 0 *:ftp *:* LIST

RE: proftpd won't allow me to connect

Make sure /etc/proftpd.conf has the correct ServerType for your setup, either "standalone" or "inetd" and if the latter, make sure /etc/inetd.conf knows about it. On 29-Aug-2000 Nico De Ranter wrote: > Howdy, > > I'm trying to setup proftpd 1.2.0pre10 on my Debian 2.2 box. > However whenever I t