This bug is also still present in 14.04 I tend to think that "sleep 1" is somewhat ugly in the init script, this solution works for me:
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ fi fi if [ -f "$PIDFILE" ]; then - start-stop-daemon --stop --signal $SIGNAL --quiet --pidfile "$PIDFILE" + start-stop-daemon --stop --signal $SIGNAL --retry 1 --quiet --pidfile "$PIDFILE" if [ $? = 0 ]; then log_end_msg 0 else -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1246245 Title: proftpd service failed to restart To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/proftpd-dfsg/+bug/1246245/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs