Take a look in the docs at the DefaultServer directive. I'm not quite sure how proftpd determines what the primary address is, but I had a similar problem with a server here. I defined a Virtual Host for one of the addresses and let the main configuration handle the other one.
Ernest Johanson Web Systems Administrator Fuller Theological Seminary On Wed, 6 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 14:27:55 -0700 (PDT) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Proftpd situations > > Howdy, all, > > There may be a simple answer to this, but it sure is baffling me. > > We just had a new DSL circuit installed here at work. Our ISDN is still > active > and that is what all the clients are currently still hooked up to. The Potato > server I have set up is currently serving ftp services via the LAN. The ISDN > router simply forwards all ftp packets to the server. > > There is a second NIC in the server which has been dormant waiting for the new > DSL circuit. The DSL router is configured in bridging mode because the server > will be the firewall/router via ipchains. (It will also be an IMAP server > using > IMP) > > Here is the oddity: I ifconfig'd the second NIC, connected it to the new > router > (bridge) and was able to download just fine. The problem is that the proftpd > stopped accepting ftp connections. As soon as I did an ifdown on the second > NIC, ftp connections work fine. ifup the second NIC, ftp connections stop > working, just like that. > > Is proftpd concerned about who is local or something like that when I ifup the > 2nd NIC? Incidentally, I don't want to just give out the new IP address for > people to download from via ftp, I want all of our customers to use the > ftp.*.com address. And I don't want to have our ISP update the DNS yet as I'm > going out of town soon for 3 weeks and I want to change as little as possible > until I get back. > > TIA for any help. :) :) > > Cheers..................... > > Matthew Thompson https://mattyt.net/webmail > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oz.net/~mattyt > "Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow." > --Oscar Wilde >