Re: ProFTP Glitch

[mike]

Ed Greshko wrote:
>  Mike Dwiggins wrote:
>    
> > When trying to do an /etc/init.d/proftpd start on my Fedora 11 box, I am 
> > getting a return of Failed.
> >
> > I can find no service which might be interfering and no log file 
> > anywhere showing me an error.
> >
> > Any Ideas?
> >   
> >     
>  So, there are no messages like....
>
>  Jan 31 15:02:52 f12 proftpd[24615]: f12.greshko.com - ProFTPD 1.3.2c
>  (maint) (built Thu Dec 10 18:41:21 EST 2009) standalone mode STARTUP
>
>  in /var/log/messages?
>
>  Try starting it from the command line as root....
>
>  /usr/sbin/proftpd
>
>
>     
Trying to start from usr/sbin/proftpd  I egt

- warning: unable to determine IP address of 'laptop.localnet'
-error: no valid servers configured
-Fatal: error orocessing configuration file '/etc/proftpd.conf'

and there is nothing in /var/log/messages.  That is whats bugging me, 
should that not reflect in the system messages file?