pure-ftpd: [ERROR] Unable to start a standalone server: [Address already in use]

command to verify that pure-ftpd is running and the server is listening on port 21.

1. Login to the server via SSH, run

1. service pure-ftpd status
2. lsof-i tcp:21

If ftp is not listening to any port, check ftp logs to see related error

less /var/log/messages | grep pure-ftpd

If you see below error

[ERROR] Unable to start a standalone server: [Address already in use]

Try the solution:

# /usr/sbin/pure-uploadscript -B -r /etc/pure-ftpd.conf

Restart the service :

# /etc/init.d/pure-ftpd restart

Ref : https://forums.cpanel.net/threads/pure-ftp-help.187152/

Thank you 🙂