Got it: the proftpd deb was compiled for use without a shadow file :-(
I reinstalled the machine without a shadow file and now it works.
Nico
On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 03:56:06PM +0200, Nico De Ranter wrote:
> ServerType is standalone and the deamon is running
>
> ps -ef
> ...
> ftpd 288 1 0 Aug29 ? 00:00:00 proftpd (accepting
> connections)
> ...
>
> according to netstat -a there is indeed something listening on the ftp
> port:
>
> tcp 0 0 *:ftp *:* LISTEN
>
>
>
>
>
> Nico
>
> On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 03:50:35PM +0000, Pollywog wrote:
> > Make sure /etc/proftpd.conf has the correct ServerType for your setup,
> > either
> > "standalone" or "inetd" and if the latter, make sure /etc/inetd.conf knows
> > about it.
> >
> >
> > On 29-Aug-2000 Nico De Ranter wrote:
> > > Howdy,
> > >
> > > I'm trying to setup proftpd 1.2.0pre10 on my Debian 2.2 box.
> > > However whenever I try to connect I get a
> > >
> > > 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection
> > >
> > > message on the client and
> > >
> > > - ProFTPD terminating (signal 11)
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"It has been said that there are only two businesses
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Sony Service Center (SDCE/DME-B)
Sint Stevens Woluwestraat 55 (Rue de Woluwe-Saint-Etienne)
1130 Brussel (Bruxelles), Belgium, Europe, Earth
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