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I have a problem with pureftpd. It stoped suddnly. i run this command netstat -tap | grep ftp but didn't get any output. I run this command nmap my ip and got just http, https and ssh ports listed. It seems pur ftpd not working.

In var/log/pure-ftpd/transfer.log is empty.

I have open all required ports in iptables:

-A INPUT --protocol tcp --match tcp --destination-port 21 --match state --state NEW,RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT --protocol tcp --match tcp --source-port 1024:65535 --destination-port 1024:65535 --match conntrack --ctstate ESTABLISHED --match comment --comment "Allow passive inbound connections" -j ACCEPT

I tried to stop/start pure-ftpd.

It seems port 21 is closed when i checkd port open. I dont know why pureftpd not BIND any ports.

When i tried to connect through filezilla i got this massage ECONNREFUSED - Connection refused by server

Any idea how to find what is the problem?

user3715053
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    Is the pure-ftpd process alive? If it is, did you run netstat as root? – Bass Oct 31 '17 at 08:47
  • How can i check if its alive? yes i run netstat as root. – user3715053 Oct 31 '17 at 09:24
  • something along the lines of `ps -ef |grep ftp` – Bass Oct 31 '17 at 09:42
  • I got only those: '/usr/lib/openssh/sftp-server /usr/lib/openssh/sftp-server grep ftp' – user3715053 Oct 31 '17 at 09:52
  • It seems not alive? – user3715053 Oct 31 '17 at 09:53
  • IIRC pure-ftp should log into syslog if it fails to start for some reason. Is there anything related in `/var/log/messages` (or wherever your syslog goes)? – Bass Oct 31 '17 at 11:59
  • When i restart pureftpd i got this in syslog: `systemd[1]: Started pure-ftpd.service.` – user3715053 Oct 31 '17 at 12:03
  • ..but the process still won't appear. Strange. Does `systemctl status pure-ftpd` have anything useful to say? Have you by any chance recently migrated your pure-ftpd config over from a non-systemd environment? – Bass Oct 31 '17 at 12:14
  • Output: `● pure-ftpd.service Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/pure-ftpd; bad; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (exited) since Tue 2017-10-31 13:12:34 CET; 6min ago Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) Process: 2837 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/pure-ftpd stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 2849 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/pure-ftpd start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Oct 31 13:12:34 systemd[1]: Starting pure-ftpd.service... Oct 31 13:12:34 systemd[1]: Started pure-ftpd.service.` I didnt migrate, ftp suddenly stoped. – user3715053 Oct 31 '17 at 12:19
  • Finally i fix this: I totally uninstalled purge-ftpd and reinstalled. Now everything worked. – user3715053 Oct 31 '17 at 12:52
  • Excellent! Sorry I couldn’t be of more help, I had urgent business elsewhere. – Bass Oct 31 '17 at 15:43

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