[lug] VSFTP stopped working recently

[David L. Anselmi]

Richard Mandel wrote:
> Oct 31 08:33:01 server2 kernel: [84534.736252] init: vsftpd main process
> ended, respawning
> Oct 31 08:33:01 server2 kernel: [84534.742050] init: vsftpd respawning too
> fast, stopped

It's broke.  If it doesn't have a log file to look at start it by hand (if nothing else you can read 
the init script to figure out how, or put set +x in it to see what it would do if it's still shell 
based).

Probably it will tell you why it won't start and then you can fix it.  Failing that, compare your 
config file to the default and see what's changed enough that it won't run.

You may have a log that shows what was updated when (aptitude does).  You can use the old/new 
version to look for bug reports or change logs that say what the incompatibility is.  Seems unlikely 
that a recent update for 12.04 would break anything though.

Dave