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When I try to enable the FTP service in the preferences (File Sharing->Options->Share Files and Folders Using FTP) the check box enables and then disables again. The console is giving me the message : 

16/04/2010 12:14:20 com.apple.coreservicesd[51] sh: launchctl: command not found

This indicates to me that it can't find the launchctl executable

launchctl is present in the folder /bin

/bin is set in the PATH variable for sh and bash shells and also in the ~/.MacOS/environment.plist

How can I fix this so that my preferences can find this so that I can enable the FTP service.

Edit: Following various suggestions, I have removed the environment.plist file from .MacOSX folder, run verify permissions / repair permissions from disk utility. I have created another administrator user and tried starting it for that user.

The permissions for launchproxy is: 

-r-xr-xr-x   1 root  wheel    60032 25 Jul  2009 launchproxy

and running the command /usr/libexec/launchproxy ftpd -l -n gives me:

launchproxy[964]: launch_msg(CheckIn): Operation not permitted
Xetius
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What are the permissions for /bin/launchctl, is it executable? I tried it quickly on my machine, and it works. It starts a process /usr/libexec/launchproxy ftpd -l -n. Maybe you should also check /usr/libexec/launchproxy's permissions.

I'm using Snow Leopard, which version are you using?

Chris Lercher
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