ProFTPd 1.3.2.r2 - ftpwho missing scoreboard file

Miroslav Lachman 000.fbsd at quip.cz
Wed Sep 24 09:43:51 UTC 2008


I can not use ftpwho command after upgrade to proftpd-mysql-1.3.2.r2.

# ftpwho
/var/run/proftpd/proftpd.scoreboard: No such file or directory
(Perhaps you need to specify the ScoreboardFile with -f, or change
  the compile-time default directory?)

I have in proftpd.conf
ScoreboardFile  /var/run/proftpd.scoreboard

(I think /var/run/proftpd.scoreboard was default location in older versions)

and this file exists:
# ls -al /var/run/proftpd.scoreboard
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  7888 Sep 24 11:10 /var/run/proftpd.scoreboard

What / why changed in ProFTPd code?

Workaround is to change proftpd.conf to:
ScoreboardFile  /var/run/proftpd/proftpd.scoreboard

then after restart, scoreboard file is created in this location and 
ftpwho command can use it.

Can it be fixed or mentioned in UPDATING?

It is not showstopper and I can live with this little change in my 
configs, but it is annoying to do this change on all my servers. 
(already done)

Miroslav Lachman


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