[Solved] vsftpd not starting on boot

Question

Hi,
I have problems running vsftpd via systemd on boot.
What I did: Install vsftpd, configure it properly, enable and start vsftpd.service. It works fine, but it won't start on boot; I need to start it manually.
This is what systemctl status vsftpd sais:
$ systemctl status vsftpd.service
vsftpd.service - vsftpd daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/vsftpd.service; enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2014-01-01 21:28:21 CET; 7s ago
Process: 866 ExecStart=/usr/bin/vsftpd (code=exited, status=2)
Main PID: 866 (code=exited, status=2)
CGroup: /system.slice/vsftpd.service
However, starting it manually works fine and vsftpd is running then. I already read another topic, where a user had exactly the same problem. Unfortunately, that solution (adding network.target to service file) does not work for me. (topic: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1251823)
This is what my vsftpd.service file looks like:
$ cat /usr/lib/systemd/system/vsftpd.service
[Unit]
Description=vsftpd daemon
Requires=network.target
After=network.target
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/vsftpd
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
KillMode=process
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
I recently added the Requires= field, it did not change anything. Further I tried adding NetworkManager.service and NetworkManager-wait-online.service, it did not change anything as well.  Any idea how I might fix that?
Last edited by vibee (2014-01-09 12:31:21)

Answer 1

After boot:
$ systemctl list-units
vsftpd.service loaded failed failed vsftpd daemon
$ systemctl list-unit-files
vsftpd-ssl.service disabled
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vsftpd.service enabled
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I am wondering that network.target is not shown when doing systct list-dependencies; vsftpd.service only depends on default.target and multi-user.target. Why is network.target not shown?
$ systemctl list-dependencies
default.target
├─gdm.service
└─multi-user.target
├─avahi-daemon.service
├─cpupower.service
├─cronie.service
├─cups.path
├─dbus.service
├─dkms.service
├─hddtemp.service
├─httpd.service
├─iked.service
├─mysqld.service
├─NetworkManager-wait-online.service
├─NetworkManager.service
├─radicale.service
├─rpc-mountd.service
├─rpc-statd.service
├─smbd.service
├─sshd.service
├─svnserve.service
├─systemd-ask-password-wall.path
├─systemd-logind.service
├─systemd-user-sessions.service
├─verynice.service
├─vsftpd.service
├─basic.target
│ ├─alsa-restore.service
│ ├─alsa-state.service
│ ├─paths.target
│ ├─slices.target
│ │ ├─-.slice
│ │ └─system.slice
│ ├─sockets.target
│ │ ├─avahi-daemon.socket
│ │ ├─cups.socket
│ │ ├─dbus.socket
│ │ ├─dmeventd.socket
│ │ ├─lvmetad.socket
│ │ ├─systemd-initctl.socket
│ │ ├─systemd-journald.socket
│ │ ├─systemd-shutdownd.socket
│ │ ├─systemd-udevd-control.socket
│ │ └─systemd-udevd-kernel.socket
│ ├─sysinit.target
│ │ ├─dev-hugepages.mount
│ │ ├─dev-mqueue.mount
│ │ ├─kmod-static-nodes.service
│ │ ├─proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount
│ │ ├─sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount
│ │ ├─sys-kernel-config.mount
│ │ ├─sys-kernel-debug.mount
│ │ ├─systemd-ask-password-console.path
│ │ ├─systemd-binfmt.service
│ │ ├─systemd-journal-flush.service
│ │ ├─systemd-journald.service
│ │ ├─systemd-modules-load.service
│ │ ├─systemd-random-seed.service
│ │ ├─systemd-sysctl.service
│ │ ├─systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service
│ │ ├─systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
│ │ ├─systemd-udev-trigger.service
│ │ ├─systemd-udevd.service
│ │ ├─systemd-update-utmp.service
│ │ ├─systemd-vconsole-setup.service
│ │ ├─cryptsetup.target
│ │ ├─local-fs.target
│ │ │ ├─-.mount
│ │ │ ├─mnt-serverdisk.mount
│ │ │ ├─mnt-windows.mount
│ │ │ ├─systemd-remount-fs.service
│ │ │ └─tmp.mount
│ │ └─swap.target
│ │ ├─dev-disk-by\x2did-ata\x2dST3000DM001\x2d1CH166_Z1F23A7C\x2dpart2.swap
│ │ ├─dev-disk-by\x2did-wwn\x2d0x5000c5004f7babf3\x2dpart2.swap
│ │ ├─dev-disk-by\x2dpartuuid-e8647b5a\x2de808\x2d41a8\x2d86e7\x2d353410f0a4bb.swap
│ │ ├─dev-disk-by\x2duuid-3a4d745f\x2d7d88\x2d48ad\x2dba59\x2d261410fcbb8a.swap
│ │ ├─dev-disk-by\x2duuid-3a4d745f\x2d7d88\x2d48ad\x2dba59\x2d261410fcbb8a.swap
│ │ └─dev-sdb2.swap
│ └─timers.target
│ └─systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer
├─getty.target
│ └─[email protected]
└─remote-fs.target
And one more strange thing: If I want to start vsftpd manually by hitting systemctl start, vsftpd.service does not appear via auto-completion.
Last edited by vibee (2014-01-02 15:59:08)