Frequently Asked Questions
Question: Why do I see the following when my proftpd starts up?
getaddrinfo 'hostname' error: No address associated with hostname warning: unable to determine IP address of 'hostname'
Question: If proftpd resolves any DNS names to IP addresses when it starts up, and I am using dynamic IP addresses which change after my proftpd has started, will proftpd see my new IP addresses?
Question: Unfortunately not. ProFTPD has no easy way of handling dynamic IP addresses by itself. One way of dealing with this situation is to restart proftpd periodically, which will force it to re-parse its configuration and thus re-resolve all IP addresses.
To specify the desired IP address, use -S when starting proftpd, e.g.:
/usr/local/sbin/proftpd -S 1.2.3.4 ...

