ProFTP Glitch

[Mike Dwiggins]

Mike Dwiggins wrote:
> 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?
>
>   


Also compared /etc/proftpd to a working server and could find no 
differnce so I am now totally confused>