Another FTP daemon is already running?

AlgoCoder picture AlgoCoder · May 9, 2014 · Viewed 14.5k times · Source

I'm running the xampp on os x mavericks Xampp doesn't start the ProFTPD server. when i tried to start it always failed.

In application log it says

 Starting ProFTPD...
 Checking syntax of configuration file
 /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/proftpd/scripts/ctl.sh : proftpd started

Even after reinstalling the XAMPP ProFTPD doesn't start

Answer

MD IKRAM picture MD IKRAM · May 10, 2014

This happens when another FTP is running on the same port.

I also faced same issue, then i resolve this by doing following steps.

1. Open the file /Applications/XAMPP/etc/proftpd.conf

2. Search for the port "21" and change it to some other port (e.g 28).

3. Open the file /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/xampp

4. Search for the port "testport 21" and replace it to "testport 28". 

5. Now go and run "sudo /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/xampp start". (It should work now).

Hope this Helps :)