How to start / stop proftpd

Question

I can't seem to find a way to stop / re-start proftpd. My server IP address is xx.yy.zz.ww and connecting from external devices via FTP gives me the prompt:

Connected to xx.yy.zz.ww
220 ProFTPD 1.3.1 Server (ProFTPD)

It then asks me for username.

Same thing happens when I try to connect from the same server (ftp localhost). Thus, I have established that proftp is running on my server .

Also, on my server (xx.yy.zz.ww) . I am tailing /var/log/messages and it shows me FTP session opened and closed.

I can't find how is the proftpd is working. /etc/init.d/ doesn't have proftpd ; /etc/xinetd.d/ doesn't have proftpd.

I looked at: /etc/proftpd.conf and it shows me ServerType inetd

also, when I run: ps -auxfww | grep proftp I don't get anything (except my current command)

How can I find out that proftp is running and how do I kill it / restart it ?

Answer 1

Use netstat to see what process is holding port 21:

# netstat -tnlp

And from there you can use RPM to see what package owns the file to stop it and remove it from init.d.

Answer 2

If your server has Plesk ProFTPD daemon is xinetd. Use

/etc/init.d/xinetd restart

Answer 3

To stop proftpd

/sbin/service proftpd stop

to stop it from starting with the system

/sbin/chkconfig proftpd off 

to start proftpd with the system

/sbin/chkconfig proftpd on

to manually start proftpd

/sbin/service proftpd start

and to restart it

/sbin/service proftpd restart

Answer 4

cp 0 0 0.0.0.0:21 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 26848/xinetd means that your proftpd is controlled by xinetd. xinetd provides the ability to start a deamon only when someone calls a specific port. Please check /etc/xinetd.d/ for files which point to an ftp-server (for example "service ftp" in headline.

Answer 5

You can generally find out the status of a service like this:

service proftpd status

And you can likewise restart (or similarly start and stop) like this:

service proftpd restart