ProFTP Glitch

[Ed Greshko]

Mike Dwiggins wrote:
>
> 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?
>
>   
Well, there then is the problem.

"unable to determine IP address of 'laptop.localnet' "

doesn't have an IP address associated with it.  I'm assuming that
"hostname" returns I wouldn't worry at this point about messages not
appearing in /var/log/messages.  

If I change my hostname I get the same error as you do....

[root at f12 ~]# hostname f17.greshko.com
[root at f12 ~]# hostname
f17.greshko.com

[root at f12 ~]# /usr/sbin/proftpd
 - warning: unable to determine IP address of 'f17.greshko.com'
 - error: no valid servers configured
 - Fatal: error processing configuration file '/etc/proftpd.conf'

But then....

[root at f12 ~]# hostname f12.greshko.com
[root at f12 ~]# hostname
f12.greshko.com
[root at f12 ~]# service proftpd start
Starting proftpd:                                          [  OK  ]

So, it is most likely that 'laptop.localnet' does not exist in your
/etc/hosts file.

Ed




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