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From: Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net>
To: Jason Suplizio <suplizio@blarg.net>
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* Jason Suplizio <suplizio@blarg.net> [0437 20:37]:
> Hi all,
> Thanks for all your help. Unfortunately, the ftp service is still not
> starting up.  Based on your advice, I've done the following:
> 
> Added this to the top of /etc/inetd.conf
> 1) ftp     stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/local/libexec/proftpd
>  ftpd -l
> 
> 2) changed the  /usr/local/etc/proftpd.conf
> "AuthPAMAuthoritative            off"
> 
> 3) changed /usr/local/etc/proftpd.conf
> "ServerType                      inetd "
> 
> 3) Forwarded port 21 and 20
> 
> 4) Enabled passive ports in my /usr/local/etc/proftpd.conf
> "PassivePorts 52300 52323"
> 
> 5) everything looks fine in /etc/pam.d/ftpd --> although this shouldn't be
> relative since we disabled it

Did you try just starting it as StandAlone with PAM off?
inetd is just another thing to tweak, the post I saw yesterday seemed to
indicate that was your only problem.
 
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