I'm trying to make ProFTPd just go away in our status and such on the new www server, since we don't use FTP for anything. But, whenever I try to disable "Default?" in Features and Plugins, it won't stick, and ProFTPd is still showing up in the Status section.
Status:
Closed (works as designed)
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Submitted by JamieCameron on Fri, 09/23/2011 - 23:51 Comment #1
That's because domain owners can still potentially be using it. If you really want ProFTPd to disappear completely from the system information page, you'd need to un-install the package..
What about "Default?" not respecting user input? That really looks bug-like, to me, even if we accept that Virtualmin should always show status of ProFTPd even if nothing is using FTP.
The status behavior seems bug-like, to me. FTP is an optional service; Virtualmin ought to be treating it that way, and there ought to be a way to disable it in the Status section. I don't really like the idea of a package being installed driving the behavior of Virtualmin, when the user is attempting to opt out of using it.
I'm really feeling like an FTP-less system should be possible, and shouldn't require jumping through hoops.
Submitted by JamieCameron on Sat, 09/24/2011 - 13:46 Comment #3
The "default" checkbox only controls if the feature is enabled or not by default for new domains - if you un-check the box in the first column, the "default" becomes irrelevant. I will fix the UI to make that clearer ..
As for whether the FTP status should appear at all, I looked over some previous bug reports about this and I've changed my mind .. it is confusing for users to see it when they have disabled FTP. I will change the behavior in the next Virtualmin release to not show ProFTPd status unless it is enabled on the Features and Plugins page.
Cool. I agree with your changed mind. ;-)