Bug#594449: proftpd-basic: Unable to reload (signal HUP) - The process is killed

[Pawel Tecza]

Package: proftpd-basic
Version: 1.3.3a-6squeeze1
Severity: normal

I have the same issue with reloading ProFTPD on my Debian Squeeze box:

root at bar:~# ps aux |grep proftp
proftpd   6065  0.0  0.0  87620  1952 ?        Ss   Jun28   0:04 proftpd:
(accepting connections)
root     18359  0.0  0.0   8692   828 pts/7    S+   11:09   0:00 grep proftp

root at bar:~# /etc/init.d/proftpd reload
Reloading ftp server: proftpd.

root at bar:~# ps aux |grep proftp
root     18382  0.0  0.0   8688   828 pts/7    S+   11:10   0:00 grep proftp

root at bar:~# tail -f /var/log/proftpd/proftpd.log
Jun 29 11:10:35 bar proftpd[6065] bar.mydomain.pl: received SIGHUP --
master server reparsing configuration file

root at bar:~# /etc/init.d/proftpd start
Starting ftp server: proftpd.

root at bar:~# ps aux |grep proftp
proftpd  18395  0.0  0.0  87624  1924 ?        Ss   11:11   0:00 proftpd:
(accepting connections)
root     18402  0.0  0.0   8688   828 pts/7    S+   11:11   0:00 grep proftp

root at bar:~# tail -f /var/log/proftpd/proftpd.log
Jun 29 11:11:05 bar proftpd[18395] bar.mydomain.pl: ProFTPD 1.3.3a (maint)
(built Mon Mar 7 2011 09:26:42 UTC) standalone mode STARTUP

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.2
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages proftpd-basic depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.112+nmu2       add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf                 1.5.36.1         Debian configuration
management sy
ii  debianutils             3.4              Miscellaneous utilities
specific t
ii  libacl1                 2.2.49-4         Access control list shared
library
ii  libattr1                1:2.4.44-2       Extended attribute shared
library
ii  libc6                   2.11.2-10        Embedded GNU C Library:
Shared lib
ii  libcap2                 1:2.19-3         support for getting/setting
POSIX.
ii  libncurses5             5.7+20100313-5   shared libraries for terminal
hand
ii  libpam-runtime          1.1.1-6.1        Runtime support for the PAM
librar
ii  libpam0g                1.1.1-6.1        Pluggable Authentication
Modules l
ii  libssl0.9.8             0.9.8o-4squeeze1 SSL shared libraries
ii  libwrap0                7.6.q-19         Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers
libra
ii  netbase                 4.45             Basic TCP/IP networking system
ii  sed                     4.2.1-7          The GNU sed stream editor
ii  ucf                     3.0025+nmu1      Update Configuration File:
preserv
ii  update-inetd            4.38+nmu1        inetd configuration file updater
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime

proftpd-basic recommends no packages.

Versions of packages proftpd-basic suggests:
pn  openbsd-inetd | inet-superser <none>     (no description available)
pn  openssl                       <none>     (no description available)
pn  proftpd-doc                   <none>     (no description available)
pn  proftpd-mod-ldap              <none>     (no description available)
pn  proftpd-mod-mysql             <none>     (no description available)
pn  proftpd-mod-odbc              <none>     (no description available)
pn  proftpd-mod-pgsql             <none>     (no description available)
pn  proftpd-mod-sqlite            <none>     (no description available)

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/pam.d/proftpd changed:
auth       required	pam_listfile.so item=user sense=deny
file=/etc/ftpusers onerr=succeed
@include common-auth
@include common-account
session     required      pam_limits.so


-- debconf information:
* shared/proftpd/inetd_or_standalone: standalone