Is ProFTPd running?

service proftpd start

netstat -plutn | grep :21

Thanks Kamal -

I get the following message to the first command:

ProFTPD warning: cannot start neither in standalone nor in inetd/xinetd mode. Check your configuration.

The second command does not produce any output. I tried netstat without grep and see apache2, sshd, sendmail and mysqld listening on various ports

What's the output of these commands:

sudo /etc/init.d/proftpd check-config

sudo /etc/init.d/proftpd force-start

hmm...I had a feeling that it was related to memcached...

root@aaaaa:~# sudo /etc/init.d/proftpd check-config
aaaaa proftpd[1408]: mod_tls/2.4.3: compiled using OpenSSL version 'OpenSSL 1.0.1 14 Mar 2012' headers, but linked to OpenSSL version 'OpenSSL 1.0.1c 10 May 2012' library
aaaaa proftpd[1408]: mod_sftp/0.9.8: compiled using OpenSSL version 'OpenSSL 1.0.1 14 Mar 2012' headers, but linked to OpenSSL version 'OpenSSL 1.0.1c 10 May 2012' library
aaaaa proftpd[1408]: mod_tls_memcache/0.1: notice: unable to register 'memcache' SSL session cache: Memcache support not enable

Your second command produced output that included both openssl and memcache...

root@aaaaa:~# sudo /etc/init.d/proftpd force-start
* Starting ftp server proftpd aaaaa proftpd[1427]: mod_tls/2.4.3: compiled using OpenSSL version 'OpenSSL 1.0.1 14 Mar 2012' headers, but linked to OpenSSL version 'OpenSSL 1.0.1c 10 May 2012' library
aaaaa proftpd[1427]: mod_sftp/0.9.8: compiled using OpenSSL version 'OpenSSL 1.0.1 14 Mar 2012' headers, but linked to OpenSSL version 'OpenSSL 1.0.1c 10 May 2012' library
aaaaa proftpd[1427]: mod_tls_memcache/0.1: notice: unable to register 'memcache' SSL session cache: Memcache support not enabled
aaaaa proftpd[1427] 192.254.189.222: fatal: Socket operation on non-socket

Note that I replaced my hostname with aaaaa (the name is a little nsfw)

Edit /etc/proftpd/modules.conf and comment LoadModule mod_tls_memcache.c out. Restart ProFTPd, does it work now?

Hi Kamal,

I have the same problem, my FTP Service will not start:

[root@hosting init.d]# service proftpd start
Starting proftpd: [FAILED]

[root@hosting init.d]# sudo /etc/init.d/proftpd check-config
Usage: proftpd {start|stop|restart|try-restart|reload|status}

@amkause: What's the output of this command?

proftpd --configtest