The @ symbol and systemctl and vsftpd
Problem
I have a two part question. What is the significance of the @ symbol in systemctl scripts? How to start vsftpd in fedora 16, (which in some tutorials seems to contain an @ in it's name)? I have done everything the tutorials say, and it still gives me an error. http://blog.tuxforge.com/fedora-16-vsftpd/ What I've done What I see (I have tried this with a absolute path as well, and after I checked there is no such file. The real file does not contain an @ sign, and is located under the /lib/systemd/system/ directory. I have also tried starting and enabling with and without the @ symbol, enabling works, but starting doesn't. I realize the article is now obsolete, but I still cannot seem to start the service. When I try to connect it doesn't let me) EDIT: I got the service to start somehow, but I would still like to know what the @ symbol means in some service names. Also I am still getting a login error number #500 cannot change directory [...], what does this mean? To start it I just ty…
Error Output
systemctl enable vsftpd@.service
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Fix for: The @ symbol and systemctl and vsftpd
The symbol is for special services, sockets, and other units where multiple instances can be run. For instance, is the service that provides text login terminals. When you press Ctrl+Alt+F2, is started, creating virtual terminal #2. Another service that uses this functionality is OpenVPN. You can create a file , configured to connect to the VPN at your workplace, and then to connect to it. Similarly, you could create , then start if you had a VPN at home. This prevents you from having to create…
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