Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 13:39:46 +0800 From: Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proftp [SOLVED] Message-ID: <20040226133946.236f7e7a.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> In-Reply-To: <20040225142519.GA13799@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> References: <20040225142519.GA13799@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
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Thanks to those who responded. Manually creating the directory /var/run/proftpd did indeed solve the problem, and yes, the man page is incorrect as it suggests /var/run/run/proftpd. best regards, Robert On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 09:25:19 -0500 Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> wrote: > The problem with the port is that it does not create the default > directory in which the scoreboard file is created. The man page that > is installed is also apparently incorrect. The correct default > directory is /var/run/proftpd. If you create that directory, the port > should run happily with the default proftpd.conf file. > > Alternatively, as someone else suggested, you can explicitly set the > scoreboard file to be stored in a known existing directory (e.g., > /var/run) via the "ScoreboardFile" directive in proftpd.conf. > > You don't need to create the scoreboard file itself. It will be > created when proftpd starts up (so long as the directory in which it > is supposed to reside exists). > > Cheers, > > Paul.
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