proftpd and mysql

[Francesco P. Lovergine]

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 09:12:20AM +0100, Wolfgang Schulze-Zachau wrote:
> Hi maintainers,
> 
> I am a little stumped over how to get the mysql modules to work.
> I have installed the debian packages proftpd-basic and
> proftpd-mod-mysql, and configured everything according to the advice
> given on pproftpd.org/docs/howto/SQL.html, but it seems the SQL module
> isn't getting loaded at all. And when I run "proftpd -l", I cannot see
> the SQL module listed either.
> Do I need to recompile proftpd from scratch to get this working? Or
> could you point me to the relevant documentation? Unfortunately there do
> not seem to be any man pages for this sort of thing.
> 
> I am trying to get a cluster of FTP frontend servers to use mysql, so
> that I can use database replication across sites for user
> administration.  Any help would be appreciated.
> 

Howdy Wolfgang

Did you mind to read the local Debian doc? I provides a template in /etc/proftpd/sql.conf
and comments about required modules loading in /etc/proftpd/modules.conf. Please, use them.
The general documentation for proftpd is ok, but you should configure
the whole thing yourself in that case.

Cheers

-- 
Francesco P. Lovergine