Starting vsftpd in FreeBSD

[Kingedgar]

I installed vsftpd via ports. I cant seem to get the dameon started or make it run at startup.

I tried adding the following to /etc/rc.conf, which did not work.

vsftpd_enable="YES"

I am running FreeBSD 5.3 and it is command line only.

Any help would be appreciated.

[murphy_young]

ls -la /usr/local/etc/rc.d

tell me what you have there

[Kingedgar]

ls -la /usr/local/etc/rc.d

total 28
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel   512 Dec 24 23:45 .
drwxr-xr-x  12 root  wheel  1024 Dec 25 15:15 ..
-rwxr-x--x   1 root  wheel   183 Nov 19 05:14 000.apache2libs.sh
-rwxr-x---   1 root  wheel   181 Nov 19 18:29 000.mysql-client.sh
-r-xr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   248 Oct 15 17:54 000.pkgtools.sh
-rwxr-x--x   1 root  wheel  2045 Nov 19 05:14 apache2.sh
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel  3964 Oct 15 19:37 cups.sh.sample
-rwxr-x---   1 root  wheel   549 Nov 19 19:11 mysql-server.sh
-r-xr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   229 Dec 24 23:45 pptpd.sh.sample
-r-xr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   602 Oct 15 21:45 samba.sh.sample
-r-xr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   777 Oct 15 23:19 snmpd.sh
-r-xr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   838 Oct 15 23:19 snmptrapd.sh
-r-xr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   517 Nov 19 05:56 webmin.sh

[murphy_young]

Well, if you install vsftpd via ports and you add vsftpd_enable="YES" to
your rc.conf you will need to have/create an startup file that goes in
/usr/local/etc/rc.d

If you use inetd to start vsftpd then you will have to add a line to your
inetd.conf and reload inetd but when you start vsftpd in stand alone mode
and I guess that this is what you want to do, you will have to create a
script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d and name it for exemple vsftpd.sh
This is my script:

#!/bin/sh
#
/usr/local/sbin/vsftpd &



-------------
/usr/local/sbin/vsftpd
--> the location of your "vsftpd"

[micah1830]

If you use inetd to start vsftpd then you will have to add a line to your
inetd.conf and reload inetd but when you start vsftpd in stand alone mode
and I guess that this is what you want to do, you will have to create a
script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d and name it for exemple vsftpd.sh
This is my script:

#!/bin/sh
#
/usr/local/sbin/vsftpd &

I have vsftpd running in stand alone mode. I have always started it by typing "vsftpd &" at the terminal screen after rebooting. I wanted to have it load on startup and tried this script. I am using Suse 9.1 and instead of placing the script in the rc.d folder, it gets placed in init.d folder. When opening the runlevel editor in Yast, I can now see vsftpd listed. Everytime I try to start it from inside if Yast, I get a "permission denied" error. I can still start it from the terminal screen, but getting it to load on startup is not working. Any other suggestions?

[greister]

Well, if you install vsftpd via ports and you add vsftpd_enable="YES" to
your rc.conf you will need to have/create an startup file that goes in
/usr/local/etc/rc.d

If you use inetd to start vsftpd then you will have to add a line to your
inetd.conf and reload inetd but when you start vsftpd in stand alone mode
and I guess that this is what you want to do, you will have to create a
script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d and name it for exemple vsftpd.sh
This is my script:

#!/bin/sh
#
/usr/local/sbin/vsftpd &



-------------
/usr/local/sbin/vsftpd
--> the location of your "vsftpd"

should change to "/usr/local/libexec/vsftpd &"