You should check this file: /etc/rc.d/iit.d/proftpd; it's the file called by the service command.
Check to see what it does when you call stop.
Then try those steps, manually, from the command line to see what's happening.
Jeff
I looked at the file in a text editor itself and cannot figure out what could be wrong. However, doing from commandline:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/proftpd restart yealds the error: Shutting down proftpd .. failed.
Same with the prefix shutdown.
I have the content of the /etc/rc.d/init.d/proftpd file. Maybe something needs to be changed perhaps?
File Content
#!/bin/sh
#
# Startup script for ProFTPD
#
# chkconfig: 345 85 15
# description: ProFTPD is an enhanced FTP server with \
# a focus toward simplicity, security, and ease of configuration. \
# It features a very Apache-like configuration syntax, \
# and a highly customizable server infrastructure, \
# including support for multiple 'virtual' FTP servers, \
# anonymous FTP, and permission-based directory visibility.
# processname: proftpd
# config: /etc/proftpd.conf
#
# By: Osman Elliyasa <
[email protected]>
# $Id: proftpd.init.d,v 1.7 2002/12/07 21:50:27 jwm Exp $
# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/proftpd ]; then
. /etc/sysconfig/proftpd
fi
PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/sbin"
# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting proftpd: "
daemon proftpd $OPTIONS
echo
touch /var/lock/subsys/proftpd
;;
stop)
echo -n "Shutting down proftpd: "
killproc proftpd
echo
rm -f /var/lock/subsys/proftpd
;;
status)
status proftpd
;;
restart)
$0 stop
$0 start
;;
reread)
echo -n "Re-reading proftpd config: "
killproc proftpd -HUP
echo
;;
suspend)
hash ftpshut >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? = 0 ]; then
if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then
shift
echo -n "Suspending with '$*' "
ftpshut $*
else
echo -n "Suspending NOW "
ftpshut now "Maintanance in progress"
fi
else
echo -n "No way to suspend "
fi
echo
;;
resume)
if [ -f /etc/shutmsg ]; then
echo -n "Allowing sessions again "
rm -f /etc/shutmsg
else
echo -n "Was not suspended "
fi
echo
;;
*)
echo -n "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status|reread|resume"
hash ftpshut
if [ $? = 1 ]; then
echo '}'
else
echo '|suspend}'
echo 'suspend accepts additional arguments which are passed to ftpshut(8)'
fi
exit 1
esac
if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then
shift
$0 $*
fi
exit 0
I actually just remembered, there's a path variable that says /usr/local/sbin in that file. that /usr/local/sbin is empty. Do you think that could be the problem, that the path is pointing to a directory that is empty?
