cannot launch vsftpd at system startup

Derek Ragona derek at computinginnovations.com
Sun Jan 28 01:12:03 UTC 2007


Mine are hard coded, which is from my installing them.  Perhaps the port is 
broken.

         -Derek


At 06:59 PM 1/27/2007, Peter Matulis wrote:
>Le Samedi 27 Janvier 2007 18:34, Derek Ragona a écrit :
> > change the line:
> > . "%%RC_SUBR%%"
> >
> > to:
> > . "/etc/rc.subr"
> >
> >          -Derek
> >
> > At 05:05 PM 1/27/2007, Peter Matulis wrote:
> > >Le Samedi 27 Janvier 2007 16:36, Derek Ragona a écrit :
> > > > add set -x to the startup script and debug where that error
> > > > message is coming from.
> > > >
> > > >          -Derek
> > > >
> > > > At 02:55 PM 1/27/2007, Peter Matulis wrote:
> > > > >Hi gang,
> > > > >
> > > > >I have read quite a few articles on how to start vsftpd at
> > > > > system bootup but nothing seems to work on my new and updated
> > > > > 6.2 STABLE machine.
> > > > >
> > > > >I have copied /usr/ports/ftp/vsftpd/files/vsftpd.sh.in
> > > > >to /usr/local/etc/rc.d/vsftpd.sh and it is executable.
> > > > >
> > > > >In /etc/rc.conf I am placing:
> > > > >
> > > > >vsftpd_enable="YES"
> > > > >
> > > > >and in vsftpd.conf:
> > > > >
> > > > >listen=YES
> > > > >background=YES
> > > > >
> > > > >I can't see the error when my machine boots but when I attempt
> > > > > to run the rc.d script manually I get:
> > > > >
> > > > >.: Can't open %%RC_SUBR%%: No such file or directory
> > > > >
> > > > >I can start the daemon at the command line:
> > > > >
> > > > >/usr/local/libexec/vsftpd &
> > > > >
> > > > >I installed the port sysutils/rc_subr thinking it may help but
> > > > > it does not.  I also reinstalled vsftpd with the make option
> > > > > RC_NG but it doesn't seem to do anything (isn't it supposed to
> > > > > install the rc.d script?).
> > >
> > >The shell tries to parse this line:
> > >
> > >. "%%RC_SUBR%%"
> > >
> > >I have no idea what it is trying to source.
> > >
> > >Here is the entire script:
> > >--------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >#!/bin/sh
> > >#
> > ># $FreeBSD: ports/ftp/vsftpd/files/vsftpd.sh.in,v 1.7 2006/02/20
> > >20:47:01 dougb Exp $
> > >#
> > >
> > ># PROVIDE: vsftpd
> > ># REQUIRE: DAEMON
> > >
> > ># Add the following line to /etc/rc.conf to enable `vsftpd':
> > >#
> > ># vsftpd_enable="YES"
> > ># vsftpd_flags="/some/path/conf.file" # Not required
> > >#
> > >
> > >. "%%RC_SUBR%%"
> > >
> > >name="vsftpd"
> > >rcvar=`set_rcvar`
> > >
> > >load_rc_config "$name"
> > >
> > >: ${vsftpd_enable:="NO"}
> > >: ${vsftpd_flags:=""}
> > >
> > >command="%%PREFIX%%/libexec/$name"
> > >required_files="%%PREFIX%%/etc/$name.conf"
> > >start_precmd="vsftpd_check"
> > >
> > >vsftpd_check()
> > >{
> > >         if grep -q "^ftp[       ]" /etc/inetd.conf
> > > ${required_files} then
> > >                 err 1 "ftp is already activated in /etc/inetd.conf"
> > >         fi
> > >         if ! egrep -q -i -E "^listen.*=.*YES$" ${required_files}
> > >         then
> > >                 err 1 "vsftpd script need "listen=YES" on config
> > > file" fi
> > >         if ! egrep -q -i -E "^background.*=.*YES$"
> > > ${required_files} then
> > >                 err 1 "vsftpd script need "background=YES" on
> > > config file"
> > >         fi
> > >}
> > >
> > >run_rc_command "$1"
>
>It seems the funny %% variables cannot be understood.  I had to hard
>code the paths:
>
>#. "%%RC_SUBR%%"
>. "/etc/rc.subr"
>
>name="vsftpd"
>rcvar=`set_rcvar`
>
>load_rc_config "$name"
>: ${vsftpd_enable:="NO"}
>: ${vsftpd_flags:=""}
>
>#command="%%PREFIX%%/libexec/$name"
>command="/usr/local/libexec/$name"
>#required_files="%%PREFIX%%/etc/$name.conf"
>required_files="/usr/local/etc/$name.conf"
>
>Then it worked.  I'm ok with this but it leaves me wondering why I have
>to do this.  Thanks for your time.
>
>Peter
>
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