vsftpd not stopping

[Austin Isler]

Michael Gargiullo wrote:

>On Tue, 2004-03-09 at 11:35, Austin Isler wrote:
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>>I am trying to start up a ftp server using vsftpd. I can start vsftpd no 
>>problem. When I do  "netstat -a | grep ftp" I get nothing, which leads 
>>me to believe vsftpd is not running. xinetd is up and running. I checked 
>>the services config tool and it also states that vsftpd is dead.
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>>[root at home aisler]# /sbin/service vsftpd start
>>Starting vsftpd for vsftpd:                                [  OK  ]
>>[root at home aisler]# /sbin/service vsftpd stop
>>Shutting down vsftpd:                                      [FAILED]
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>>Has anyone had this problem if so, any assistance would be appreciated.
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>>Austin
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>Basiclly it means it's not running when you try to stop it.
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:) umm I did a little digging in my vsftpd.conf file. Apparently I 
uncommented things I shouldnt have. I commented them back and now it 
works. :) Silly how a couple lil comment errors can mess everything up.

Austin