Proftpd won't execute in FC11

[Roberto Ragusa]

Jim wrote:
> On 10/26/2009 12:33 PM, Jim wrote:

> I found this in Messages; What does it mean ?
> 
> Oct 26 12:36:20 localhost proftpd[15234]: localhost.localdomain - Failed
> binding to ::, port 21: Address already in use
> Oct 26 12:36:20 localhost proftpd[15234]: localhost.localdomain - Check
> the ServerType directive to ensure you are configured correctly.

Your port 21 is already used by another program.
Do you have another ftp server running?

Try

  netstat -lntp|grep 21

to discover what it could be running.
It could be vsftpd or maybe xinetd.

Best regards.

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