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+Perfect Server Debian Installation - Pureftpd Won't Start
+=========================================================
+:author: Aaron Ball
+:email: nullspoon@iohq.net
+
+
+== {doctitle}
+
+I recently rebuilt the server hosting my website on a different vps host using
+falko's "The Perfect Server Debian Lenny (Debian 5.0) With MyDNS & Courier
+[ISPConfig 3]" and ran into some pretty problematic setbacks. Specifically,
+pure-ftpd wouldn't start up. Even more specifically, when trying to start the
+service, it gives you this fantastically ambiguous error:
+
+----
+Starting ftp server: Running: /usr/sbin/pure-ftpd-mysql-virtualchroot -l
+mysql:/etc/pure-ftpd/db/mysql.conf -l pam -u 1000 -E -A -b -O
+clf:/var/log/pure-ftpd/transfer.log -D -H -B
+----
+
+Give me ambiguity or give me something else, yeah?
+
+Anyways, I've experienced this problem two other times. Sadly, both times I
+forgot where the solution was located on the interwebz. Finally, the third time
+around I've found it again and here we go.
+
+**The problem resides in the fact that the server is a vps hosted through
+either virtuozzo or openvz**. Apparently, unless otherwise configured
+differently, the virtual containers don't support something that prevents
+pure-ftpd from starting up. Sorry for the ambiguity, but I'm really not sure
+what it is. *The solution is to build pure-ftpd from source, "without
+capabilities".* Let's get started Run the command...
+
+----
+apt-get source pure-ftpd
+----
+
+Once that has been downloaded, change directories into the apt archives
+directory...
+
+----
+cd /var/cache/apt/archives/pure-ftpd*
+----
+
+Inside here you'll find a directory called debian. Run the following command
+
+----
+vi ./debian/rules
+----
+
+add --without-capabilities to optflags in debian/rules
+
+Once you've done that, run the following command.
+
+----
+apt-get build-dep pure-ftpd
+----
+
+Annnd another command
+
+----
+dpkg-buildpackage -uc -b
+----
+
+Congradulations! You just built pure-ftpd from source with a custom flag! Now
+it's time to install the package. To do this, we're going to run ANOTHER
+command (they don't call it command line for nothing).
+
+----
+dpkg -i ../pure-ftpd-common_1.0.1-8_i386.deb
+----
+
+Finally, run this one last command to install MySql for pure-ftpd so the
+service can connect to a MySql database where your users and their permissions
+will be stored.
+
+----
+dpkg -i ../pure-ftpd-mysql_1.0.1-8_i386.deb
+----
+
+And finally you are done. Hopefully this helped some poor lost soul out there
+besides just mine. If you find any problems or just want to tell the world
+something, please leave a comment in the comments section (spam bots, you
+aren't included in that offer. If you try I will http://akismet.com/[Akismet]
+you!).
+
+
+Category:Linux
+
+Category:Debian Category:FTP
+
+
+// vim: set syntax=asciidoc: