Hi!
Today I noticed that I can no longer access my HestiaCP using FTP. Yesterday it was still running. But I did a reboot today after installing updates. Since then I noticed the issue.
I am using the ProFTP server.
According to HestiaCP the service is not running. I logged in to the system and tried to start it manually (service proftpd start) but was told that the service is masked for
I unmasked the service (systemctl unmask proftpd.socket and systemctl unmask proftpd.service).
Afterwards I was able to start it again, but HestiaCP still shows the service as not running and a login via FTP is not possible.
I updated the ProFTP package a week ago, but have rebooted the server a couple of times sinc then - so it shouldn’t have anything to do with that update.
I am running Ubuntu 22.04.5.
dpkg install/update log:
root@digioso:/var/log# egrep -e 'upgrade|install ' /var/log/dpkg.log | sort | cut -f1,2,3,4 -d' '
2024-10-02 06:47:13 upgrade bubblewrap:arm64
2024-10-02 06:47:34 upgrade vim:arm64
2024-10-02 06:47:35 upgrade vim-common:all
2024-10-02 06:47:35 upgrade vim-runtime:all
2024-10-02 06:47:35 upgrade vim-tiny:arm64
2024-10-02 06:47:45 upgrade xxd:arm64
2024-10-10 06:08:04 upgrade libfontembed1:arm64
2024-10-10 06:08:16 upgrade cups-browsed:arm64
2024-10-10 06:08:28 upgrade cups-filters-core-drivers:arm64
2024-10-10 06:08:28 upgrade cups-filters:arm64
2024-10-10 06:08:43 upgrade libcupsfilters1:arm64
2024-10-11 06:27:44 upgrade ubuntu-advantage-desktop-daemon:arm64
2024-10-11 06:27:58 install linux-oracle-6.8-headers-6.8.0-1013:all
2024-10-11 06:28:03 install linux-headers-6.8.0-1013-oracle:arm64
2024-10-11 06:28:04 install linux-modules-6.8.0-1013-oracle:arm64
2024-10-11 06:28:05 install linux-image-6.8.0-1013-oracle:arm64
2024-10-11 06:28:06 install linux-oracle-6.8-tools-6.8.0-1013:arm64
2024-10-11 06:28:06 upgrade linux-headers-oracle:arm64
2024-10-11 06:28:06 upgrade linux-image-oracle:arm64
2024-10-11 06:28:06 upgrade linux-oracle:arm64
2024-10-11 06:28:07 install linux-tools-6.8.0-1013-oracle:arm64
2024-10-11 06:28:38 upgrade libgsf-1-common:all
2024-10-11 06:28:49 upgrade libgsf-1-114:arm64
2024-10-18 06:24:16 install linux-oracle-6.8-headers-6.8.0-1014:all
2024-10-18 06:24:22 install linux-headers-6.8.0-1014-oracle:arm64
2024-10-18 06:24:24 install linux-modules-6.8.0-1014-oracle:arm64
2024-10-18 06:24:25 install linux-image-6.8.0-1014-oracle:arm64
2024-10-18 06:24:26 install linux-oracle-6.8-tools-6.8.0-1014:arm64
2024-10-18 06:24:26 install linux-tools-6.8.0-1014-oracle:arm64
2024-10-18 06:24:26 upgrade linux-headers-oracle:arm64
2024-10-18 06:24:26 upgrade linux-image-oracle:arm64
2024-10-18 06:24:26 upgrade linux-oracle:arm64
2024-10-18 06:24:59 upgrade linux-tools-common:all
2024-10-18 06:25:14 upgrade libarchive13:arm64
2024-10-18 06:25:27 upgrade linux-libc-dev:arm64
2024-10-19 10:00:15 upgrade php-memcached:arm64
2024-10-19 10:00:15 upgrade php8.2-igbinary:arm64
2024-10-19 10:00:15 upgrade php8.3-igbinary:arm64
2024-10-19 10:00:16 install php8.4-cli:arm64
2024-10-19 10:00:16 install php8.4-common:arm64
2024-10-19 10:00:16 install php8.4-igbinary:arm64
2024-10-19 10:00:16 install php8.4-opcache:arm64
2024-10-19 10:00:16 install php8.4-phpdbg:arm64
2024-10-19 10:00:16 install php8.4-readline:arm64
2024-10-19 10:00:16 upgrade php8.3-memcached:arm64
2024-10-19 10:00:17 install php8.4-memcached:arm64
2024-10-19 10:00:17 install php8.4-msgpack:arm64
2024-10-19 10:00:17 install php8.4-redis:arm64
2024-10-19 10:00:17 upgrade php-redis:arm64
2024-10-19 10:00:17 upgrade php8.1-imagick:arm64
2024-10-19 10:00:17 upgrade php8.2-imagick:arm64
2024-10-19 10:00:17 upgrade php8.3-redis:arm64
2024-10-19 10:00:18 upgrade flash-kernel:arm64
2024-10-19 10:00:18 upgrade php7.4-imagick:arm64
2024-10-19 10:00:18 upgrade php8.0-apcu:arm64
2024-10-19 10:00:18 upgrade php8.0-imagick:arm64
2024-10-19 10:00:19 upgrade gjs:arm64
2024-10-19 10:00:19 upgrade libgjs0g:arm64
2024-10-19 10:00:19 upgrade nginx:arm64
2024-10-19 10:00:19 upgrade openvpn:arm64
2024-10-19 10:00:19 upgrade snapd:arm64
2024-10-19 10:16:18 install popularity-contest:all
2024-10-19 10:17:45 install deborphan:arm64
2024-10-19 10:21:49 install libdouble-conversion3:arm64
2024-10-19 10:21:49 install libpcre2-16-0:arm64
2024-10-19 10:21:50 install libmd4c0:arm64
2024-10-19 10:21:50 install libqt5core5a:arm64
2024-10-19 10:21:50 install libqt5dbus5:arm64
2024-10-19 10:21:50 install libqt5network5:arm64
2024-10-19 10:21:50 install libxcb-xinerama0:arm64
2024-10-19 10:21:50 install libxcb-xinput0:arm64
2024-10-19 10:21:51 install fonts-league-spartan:all
2024-10-19 10:21:51 install libqt5charts5:arm64
2024-10-19 10:21:51 install libqt5gui5:arm64
2024-10-19 10:21:51 install libqt5svg5:arm64
2024-10-19 10:21:51 install libqt5widgets5:arm64
2024-10-19 10:21:52 install qt5-gtk-platformtheme:arm64
2024-10-19 10:21:52 install qttranslations5-l10n:all
2024-10-19 10:21:52 install stacer:arm64
2024-10-24 06:52:00 upgrade libunbound8:arm64
2024-10-24 06:52:09 upgrade gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0:arm64
2024-10-24 06:52:09 upgrade gir1.2-webkit2-4.0:arm64
2024-10-24 06:52:09 upgrade libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37:arm64
2024-10-24 06:52:10 upgrade libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18:arm64
2024-10-24 10:10:42 upgrade distro-info-data:all
2024-10-29 11:49:12 install python3-packaging:all
2024-10-29 11:49:12 upgrade gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock:all
2024-10-29 11:49:12 upgrade sosreport:arm64
2024-10-29 11:49:12 upgrade ubuntu-drivers-common:arm64
2024-10-29 11:49:13 upgrade u-boot-tools:arm64
2024-10-30 06:06:44 upgrade python3-urllib3:all
2024-10-30 13:50:27 install libmysqlclient-dev:arm64
2024-10-30 13:50:27 install libssl-dev:arm64
2024-10-30 13:50:27 install libzstd-dev:arm64
2024-10-30 14:20:52 upgrade libdbd-mysql-perl:arm64
2024-10-31 06:06:34 upgrade xserver-common:all
2024-10-31 06:06:48 upgrade xserver-xorg-core:arm64
2024-10-31 06:06:58 upgrade python3-pip:all
2024-10-31 06:07:11 upgrade xwayland:arm64
2024-10-31 06:07:23 upgrade python3-pip-whl:all
2024-10-31 06:07:34 upgrade xserver-xephyr:arm64
2024-10-31 06:07:46 upgrade xserver-xorg-legacy:arm64
2024-10-31 11:34:56 upgrade libarchive13:arm64
2024-10-31 11:34:56 upgrade php8.2-xml:arm64
2024-10-31 11:34:56 upgrade php8.2-zip:arm64
2024-10-31 11:34:59 upgrade php8.2-readline:arm64
2024-10-31 11:34:59 upgrade php8.2-soap:arm64
2024-10-31 11:35:00 upgrade php8.2-pgsql:arm64
2024-10-31 11:35:00 upgrade php8.2-pspell:arm64
2024-10-31 11:35:01 upgrade php8.2-opcache:arm64
2024-10-31 11:35:02 upgrade php8.2-mysql:arm64
2024-10-31 11:35:03 upgrade php8.2-mbstring:arm64
2024-10-31 11:35:04 upgrade php8.2-intl:arm64
2024-10-31 11:35:04 upgrade php8.2-ldap:arm64
2024-10-31 11:35:05 upgrade php8.2-gd:arm64
2024-10-31 11:35:05 upgrade php8.2-imap:arm64
2024-10-31 11:35:06 upgrade php8.2-cli:arm64
2024-10-31 11:35:06 upgrade php8.2-curl:arm64
2024-10-31 11:35:06 upgrade php8.2-fpm:arm64
2024-10-31 11:35:07 upgrade php8.2-bcmath:arm64
2024-10-31 11:35:07 upgrade php8.2-bz2:arm64
2024-10-31 11:35:08 upgrade php8.2-common:arm64
2024-10-31 11:35:15 upgrade php8.3-readline:arm64
2024-10-31 11:35:16 upgrade php8.3-opcache:arm64
2024-10-31 11:35:16 upgrade php8.3-phpdbg:arm64
2024-10-31 11:35:17 upgrade php8.3-cli:arm64
2024-10-31 11:35:17 upgrade php8.3-common:arm64
2024-10-31 11:35:24 upgrade php8.4-readline:arm64
2024-10-31 11:35:25 upgrade php8.4-opcache:arm64
2024-10-31 11:35:26 upgrade php8.4-phpdbg:arm64
2024-10-31 11:35:27 upgrade php8.4-cli:arm64
2024-10-31 11:35:27 upgrade php8.4-common:arm64
root@digioso:/var/log#
Service Status:
root@digioso:~# service proftpd status
â—Ź proftpd.service - LSB: Starts ProFTPD daemon
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/proftpd; generated)
Active: active (exited) since Thu 2024-10-31 13:40:53 CET; 2min 38s ago
Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
Process: 1235 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/proftpd start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
CPU: 5ms
Oct 31 13:40:53 digioso.net systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Starts ProFTPD daemon...
Oct 31 13:40:53 digioso.net systemd[1]: Started LSB: Starts ProFTPD daemon.
root@digioso:~#
Configuration file:
ServerName "FTP"
MasqueradeAddress 130.61.111.98
ServerIdent on "FTP Server ready."
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DefaultServer on
DefaultRoot ~ !adm
Include /etc/proftpd/tls.conf
Include /etc/proftpd/conf.d/*.conf
<IfModule mod_vroot.c>
VRootEngine on
VRootAlias /etc/security/pam_env.conf etc/security/pam_env.conf
</IfModule>
AuthPAMConfig proftpd
AuthOrder mod_auth_pam.c* mod_auth_unix.c
UseReverseDNS off
User proftpd
Group nogroup
MaxInstances 20
UseSendfile off
LogFormat default "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %s %b"
LogFormat auth "%v [%P] %h %t \"%r\" %s"
ListOptions -a
RequireValidShell off
PassivePorts 12000 12100
<Global>
Umask 002
#IdentLookups off
AllowOverwrite yes
<Limit ALL SITE_CHMOD>
AllowAll
</Limit>
</Global>
I noticed that the SSL certifcates have expird. But that was beginning of this year. Shouldn’t Hestia renew them automatically? But I don’t believe that this is causing the problem. Because the FTP has been working until now.
syslog.1:Oct 24 10:11:22 digioso proftpd[1256]: 2024-10-24 10:11:22,228 digioso.net proftpd[1256]: mod_tls/2.9: certificate '/usr/local/hestia/ssl/certificate.crt': expired on Jan 3 12:16:09 2024 GMT
syslog.1:Oct 24 10:11:22 digioso proftpd[1256]: 2024-10-24 10:11:22,237 digioso.net proftpd[1256] 10.0.0.113: 10.0.0.113:21 masquerading as 130.61.111.98
syslog.1:Oct 24 10:11:24 digioso proftpd[2306]: 2024-10-24 10:11:24,810 digioso.net proftpd[2306]: mod_tls/2.9: certificate '/usr/local/hestia/ssl/certificate.crt': expired on Jan 3 12:16:09 2024 GMT