pure-ftpd failes to start

[k4l4sh]

Attempting to restart ftpserver
Waiting for ftpserver to restart.... . . . . . . . . . . finished.

ftpserver status


ftpserver has failed, please contact the sysadmin.

Installed Ftp Server
pure-ftpd


Hi folks
I get this message when trying to restart the pure-ftpd service, is there a kwown solution or a page to troubleshoot?

thanks

 

[Echelon17]

Check your /var/log/messages.xxx files for exact details as to why it won't start.

 

[avijit]

Try restarting the service from the shell and check the errors if any:

/etc/init.d/pure-ftpd restart

 

[katmai]

or you can do switch to proftpd and then back to pureftpd in whm. that should do the trick