I was looking around and found  SERVICEDIR="/etc/init.d"   in the /sbin/service file.  So I took a look in the /etc/init.d and found pure-ftpd. So I issued : /sbin/service pure-ftpd stop which returned : Stopping pure-config.pl: cat: /var/run/pure-ftpd.pid: No such file or directory kill: usage: kill [-s sigspec | -n signum | -sigspec] pid | jobspec ... or kill -l [sigspec] As a test I issued : /sbin/service vsftpd stop which returned : vsftpd: unrecognized service ------------------------ Keith Smith --- On Wed, 6/23/10, Daniel Stasinski wrote: From: Daniel Stasinski Subject: Re: Determin which FTP server is running and turn off non secure FTP To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Date: Wednesday, June 23, 2010, 4:13 PM On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 3:50 PM, keith smith wrote: I have a CentOS server that I am working on.  Got SFTP working and now I want to turn off plain FTP. For Centos do both of these as root:    chkconfig --del vsftpd    service vsftpd stop The first line stops it from running on boot and the second kills the current instance of it. Daniel -- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | Daniel P. Stasinski          | http://www.saidsimple.com | daniel@avenues.org           | http://www.disabilities-r-us.com | XMMP: mooooooo@avenues.org   | http://www.avenues.org | Google Talk: mooooooo        | http://www.scriptkitties.com -----Inline Attachment Follows----- --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss